Noun: nebb
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | nebbes |
| Plural | nebba |
Dative
| Singular | nebbe |
| Plural | nebbum |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
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He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige. (He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.)
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Wonders of the East
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Ðǣr beoð akende men, ðā beoð fiftȳne fōta lange ⁊ hī habbað hwīt līċ ⁊ tū neb on ānum hēafde, fēt ⁊ cnēowu swīðe rēad, ⁊ lange nosu ⁊ sweart feax. (Men are born there who are fifteen feet tall. They have white bodies, two faces on each head, feet and knees that are very red, long noses, and black hair.)
Nouns inflected like nebb
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nabi, from Proto-Germanic *nabją. Akin to Old Norse nef, Middle Low German nebbe and Middle Dutch nebbe. See: Old Norse Nouns '
nef'.
Verbs referencing "nebb"
English Nouns
neb.
Translations