† 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. n{uacu} 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.]. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 182 He astah up to heofenum, and þær sitt nuða mid his halᵹum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 15 Ne scalt þu ȝelden vuel onȝein uuel nuða. Ibid. 25 Ic nuþe eow tellen wulle. c 1205 Lay. 29863 Lusteð nuðe alle Whæt ich sugge wulle. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4195 Þat noble mayde..Þat ichabbe nouþe riȝt here ybured. c 1320 Sir Beues 3632 Goþ and wendeþ hennes nouþe. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 227 Þe comyn fame telleþ þat he is at Durham nowþe, wiþ Seynt Cuthbert. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 537 Cudberth of Dereham, he sayde, ychame Þat telle þe nowthe of þis casse. |