neif
Americannoun
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neifs
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Sweet knight, I kiss thy neif: what! we have seen the seven stars.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
The old neif, after thus enjoining silence, made a gesture for the youth to follow, and shuffled noiselessly before him.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
"Fly! fly! my lady!" cried the terrified neif, setting the example.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
Come, give us thy neif, and let us part in peace.
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley
To show that the later Folios only corrected the first by conjecture, we may instance two lines in Midsummer Night’s Dream: Give me your neif, Mounsieur Mustard Seed.
From The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising by William George Clark
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