† nabbe, nabbeð, -eth
have not, has not: see ne and have v. A. 9. Obs.
| Beowulf 1850 Þæt þe Sæ-ᵹeatas selran næbben cyning æniᵹne. c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xvi. §3 Heora selfra nanne anwald nabbað. Ibid. xxxix. §5 Ic..ᵹet næbbe þis ᵹedon. 971 Blickl. Hom. 131 Ne mæᵹ þæt ne beon þæt þa bearn..langunga nabban. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 31 Nabbe ic nawiht þer-of. c 1230 Hali Meid. 9 As gentille wimmen..þat nabbeð hwerwið buggen ham brudgume. a 1300 Vox & Wolf 39, I nabbe don her nout bote goed. |