nebb

Meaning

1. face

   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.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

2. nose

3. bill or beak

   Hwīlum iċ under bæc breġde nebbe, hyrde þæs hordes, þonne mīn hlāford wile lāfe þiċġan þāra þe hē of līfe hēt wælcræfte āwrecan willum sīnum.

   Sometimes I bend bill under my back, keeper of this hoard, when my lord wishes to take the leftovers of those whom he bade to drive out of live with deadly might by his wills.

   c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:

Declension