Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
neaf .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
neif , the fist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
serf orbondsman born intoservitude .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But, Sire…my Sire, your nief, he will be wrath that the ink is gone.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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But, Sire…my Sire, your nief, he will be wrath that the ink is gone.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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But, Sire…my Sire, your nief, he will be wrath that the ink is gone.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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He had a fist, or nief, as he called it, nearly as big as
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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Donald they all feared, and as Donald, for my behoof, made no bones about telling them how the laddie's nief, sma 'as it lookit,
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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There, too, above the poop of yonder nief, you see the towers of Saint Croix and of Pey Berland.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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There, too, above the poop of yonder nief, you see the towers of Saint Croix and of Pey Berland.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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There, too, above the poop of yonder nief, you see the towers of Saint Croix and of Pey Berland.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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There, too, above the poop of yonder nief, you see the towers of Saint
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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There, too, above the poop of yonder nief, you see the towers of Saint Croix and of Pey Berland.
The White Company 1890
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