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单词 nuel
释义

nueladj.

Forms:

α. early Old English nihol, early Old English nihold.

β. Old English neowel, Old English neowol, Old English neowul, Old English niowel, Old English niowol, Old English niowul, Old English niwel, Old English niwol, Old English niwul, early Middle English nuel.

γ. Old English nifol (rare).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch niel , Middle Low German nǖle , nǖl , nugel , nigel prone, prostrate (compare also Middle Dutch vernielen (Dutch vernielen ), Middle Low German vornēlen , vornielen (German regional (Low German: East Friesland) fernêlen , fernûlen ), all in sense ‘to destroy, bring low’), probably < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit nīc- keeping low, facing down, nīcā below, down, downwards, Old Church Slavonic nicĭ bent forward, prone, representing an extended form (labiovelar extension) of the Indo-European base of nether adv.1
Obsolete.
Prone, prostrate.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] > prostrate or face down
nueleOE
prostratec1390
gryfelya1450
prone1610
prostitute1621
ventricumbent1882
eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 42 Pronus, nihol.
OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Josh. (Claud.) vii. 10 Aris nu, Iosue; hwi list ðu neowel on eorðan?
OE Paris Psalter (1932) clxviii. 10 Nifle nædran cynn.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) i. 8 He gefeoll niwol ofdune on þa flor.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 16777 Octa..nuel feol to grunde bi-vore þis kinges fote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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