"niþer" meaning in Old English

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    {
      "word": "upp"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "nithere",
            "3": "nethere",
            "4": "nether"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: nithere, nethere, nether",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: nithere, nethere, nether"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nether"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nether",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nether"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "nether",
            "3": "nedder"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: nether, nedder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: nether, nedder"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*niþer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *niþer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ni-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "down, below"
      },
      "expansion": "*ni- (“down, below”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "nidar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German nidar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "niðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse niðr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *niþer from the comparative of Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“down, below”). Cognate with Old High German nidar, Old Norse niðr.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "niþer",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "niþera"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.",
          "roman": "And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.",
          "text": "\"Gospel of Saint Luke\", chapter 4, verse 29",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "By that is betokened, that his trust shall, and his mind, more upwards than downwards aspire to the heavens.",
          "roman": "Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He descended from heaven for the redemption of the world, and therefore were his feet turned downwards.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL\"\nHe astah of heofonum for middangeardes alysednysse, and wæron forði his fet niðer awende.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "down, downwards, downward"
      ],
      "id": "en-niþer-ang-adv-aqh7~8Z6",
      "links": [
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "downwards",
          "downwards"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.θer/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈni.ðer]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "niþer"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "upp"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "niþera"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "nithere",
            "3": "nethere",
            "4": "nether"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: nithere, nethere, nether",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: nithere, nethere, nether"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nether"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nether",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nether"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "nether",
            "3": "nedder"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: nether, nedder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: nether, nedder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*niþer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *niþer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ni-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "down, below"
      },
      "expansion": "*ni- (“down, below”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "nidar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German nidar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "niðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse niðr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *niþer from the comparative of Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“down, below”). Cognate with Old High German nidar, Old Norse niðr.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "niþer",
      "name": "ang-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English adverbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.",
          "roman": "And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.",
          "text": "\"Gospel of Saint Luke\", chapter 4, verse 29",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "By that is betokened, that his trust shall, and his mind, more upwards than downwards aspire to the heavens.",
          "roman": "Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He descended from heaven for the redemption of the world, and therefore were his feet turned downwards.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL\"\nHe astah of heofonum for middangeardes alysednysse, and wæron forði his fet niðer awende.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "down, downwards, downward"
      ],
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        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "downwards",
          "downwards"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.θer/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈni.ðer]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "niþer"
}