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English meaning                      to dare, risk

German meaning                     `wagen, sich erkühnen'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  nur kelt. und germ.

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Air. néit m. `Kampf (*nanti-); got. ana-nanþjan `wagen', aisl. nenna `übers Herz bringen', ahd. Prät. ginand `Mut wozu haben', ginenden, as. nāthian, ags. nēþan `wagen', aisl. nenninn `tätig, strebsam' (`*wagefroh') mhd. genende(c) `eifrig', ahd. nand (auch in Namen wie Ferdinand), ags. nōð f. `Mut'.

References                              WP. II 317.

See also                                  

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