S. nef prep. “hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]” (Category: Near)

S. nef, prep. “hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near” (Category: Near)

G. cint “hither”

G. ed “close by”

G. lent “near, close to, up by, along side of; (c. dat.) at, towards, up to side of; therewith, with it, withal”

G. sith “hither”

References ✧ LotR/238; PE17/27; RGEO/63-64

Glosses

• “beyond” ✧ RGEO/63; RGEO/63
• “on this (the speaker’s) side” ✧ PE17/27
• “on this side of” ✧ RGEO/64; RGEO/64

Variations

• nef ✧ LotR/238; LotR/238; PE17/27; RGEO/63; RGEO/63; RGEO/64; RGEO/64

Inflections

nev

stem

✧ PE17/27

Element In

• ᴺS. !nevui “nearly”
• S. nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” ✧ LotR/238; PE17/20; RGEO/63; RGEO/64
• S. nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” ✧ LotR/238; PE17/20; RGEO/63; RGEO/64
• S. Nevrast “Hither Shore” ✧ PE17/27

Derivations

• < ✶nebā “on this (the speaker’s) side” ✧ PE17/27
  • < √NEB “turn towards (speaker)” ✧ PE17/27; PE17/27 (NIB)

Phonetic Developments

✶nebā > nef

[nebā] > [neba] > [neva] > [nev]

✧ PE17/27

ᴱN. neb adv. “near” (Category: Near)

Reference ✧ PE13/164 ✧ “near”

Element In

• ᴱN. goneb “similar” ✧ PE13/164
• ᴱN. gonebedach- “to approach one another, to become like, resemble” ✧ PE13/164
• ᴱN. nebmerion “neighbour” ✧ PE13/164
• ᴱN. nebuin “neighbour (fem.)” ✧ PE13/164
• ᴱN. nebweb “neighbour” ✧ PE13/164
• ᴱN. neibio “nearly, almost” ✧ PE13/164