Old English · adverb
niewan
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈni͜yː.wɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈni͜yː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Meaning
lately, recently
⁊ iċ þē sende þæt spell, þæt iċ nīewan awrāt be Angelpeode ⁊ Seaxum.
And I send you the history, which I lately wrote about the Angles and Saxons.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Etymology
From nīewe (“new”).
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