† nethenadv.

Forms:

α. Old English neoðane, Old English neoðone, Old English nyþane, late Old English nyðene.

β. Old English neoðan, Old English neoðon, Old English nioþan, Old English niþan, Old English nyþan, Old English nyðan, Old English–early Middle English neoþan, early Middle English neðen.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian netha , nitha , Old Saxon niðana (Middle Low German nēden ), Old High German nidana (Middle High German niden , nidene , German (rare) nieden ), Old Icelandic neðan , Old Swedish niþan (Swedish nedan ), Danish neden < the first part of the Germanic base of nether adv.¹ (reinterpreted as the stem; compare -er suffix³, and nether adv.³, nethemest adj.) + a Germanic suffix forming adverbs expressing motion ‘from’ (compare e.g. ferren adv. and adj., inne adv. and prep., outen adv., adj., and prep., aft adv. and adj., ovenon adv. and prep.). Compare beneath adv.

Obsolete.

Below; from below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > low down or below

anunderOE

nethenOE

underneathc1000

beneath?c1225

theredown1297

alowc1400

belowc1400

at-lowa1500

aneath?1800

ablow1829

underfoot1886

OE Blickling Homilies 211 Þæt wæter wæs sweart under þæm clife neoðan.

OE Genesis B 375 Her is fyr micel, ufan and neoðone.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiv. 147 Ða tobærst, þæs temples wahryft, fram ðære fyrste ufan, oð ða flor neoðan.

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xxxiii. 80 On ælcere stowe he is hire emnneah, ge ufan ge neoðon.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 105 Ech god giue..cumeð of heuene dunward, and ech idel..and iuel neðen uppard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	nethen
释义	† nethenadv. Forms: α. Old English neoðane, Old English neoðone, Old English nyþane, late Old English nyðene. β. Old English neoðan, Old English neoðon, Old English nioþan, Old English niþan, Old English nyþan, Old English nyðan, Old English–early Middle English neoþan, early Middle English neðen. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian netha , nitha , Old Saxon niðana (Middle Low German nēden ), Old High German nidana (Middle High German niden , nidene , German (rare) nieden ), Old Icelandic neðan , Old Swedish niþan (Swedish nedan ), Danish neden < the first part of the Germanic base of nether adv.¹ (reinterpreted as the stem; compare -er suffix³, and nether adv.³, nethemest adj.) + a Germanic suffix forming adverbs expressing motion ‘from’ (compare e.g. ferren adv. and adj., inne adv. and prep., outen adv., adj., and prep., aft adv. and adj., ovenon adv. and prep.). Compare beneath adv. Obsolete. Below; from below. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > low down or below anunderOE nethenOE underneathc1000 beneath?c1225 theredown1297 alowc1400 belowc1400 at-lowa1500 aneath?1800 ablow1829 underfoot1886 OE Blickling Homilies 211 Þæt wæter wæs sweart under þæm clife neoðan. OE Genesis B 375 Her is fyr micel, ufan and neoðone. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiv. 147 Ða tobærst, þæs temples wahryft, fram ðære fyrste ufan, oð ða flor neoðan. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xxxiii. 80 On ælcere stowe he is hire emnneah, ge ufan ge neoðon. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 105 Ech god giue..cumeð of heuene dunward, and ech idel..and iuel neðen uppard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.OE
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