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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
nīce
adv.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Foolishly.
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nīce
adj.
102 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of persons: foolish, frivolous; ignorant; (b) of actions, words, thoughts, faces, gestures, etc.: foolish, absurd, senseless, mistaken; (c) ?wild, uncultivated; primitive.
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nīce
n.
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fool; (b) a lascivious or dissolute person; also, a wicked person;
dame nice
, the personification of wantonness; (c) as surname.
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nekke-bōn
n.
Additional spellings:
nekkebon
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The group of vertebrae in the cervical region; also, one of these vertebrae; also, the neck;
breken nekke-bon
, to break (someone's) neck, kill (sb.) by breaking the neck;
kepen thi nekke-bon from
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