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† ˈnowthe, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 nuþa, 1–2 nuða, 2–3 nuþe, 3 nuðe, 3–4 nouþe (4 noþe), 3–5 nouthe, 3 nowþe, 5 nowthe; 3 nouþ, 4–5 nouth.
[OE., f. nú now, and þá, ðá tho adv. In common use from c 1200 to 1400.]
Now.
Beowulf 427 Ic þe nuða breᵹo beorht-dena biddan wille..þæt [etc.]. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 182 He astah up to heofenum, and þær sitt nuða mid his halᵹum. c1175Lamb. Hom. 15 Ne scalt þu ȝelden vuel onȝein uuel nuða. Ibid. 25 Ic nuþe eow tellen wulle. c1205Lay. 29863 Lusteð nuðe alle Whæt ich sugge wulle. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4195 Þat noble mayde..Þat ichabbe nouþe riȝt here ybured. c1320Sir Beues 3632 Goþ and wendeþ hennes nouþe. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 227 Þe comyn fame telleþ þat he is at Durham nowþe, wiþ Seynt Cuthbert. c1420Chron. Vilod. 537 Cudberth of Dereham, he sayde, ychame Þat telle þe nowthe of þis casse. |