"niþera" meaning in Old English

See niþera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈni.θe.rɑ/, [ˈni.ðe.rɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *niþeraz, from the comparative of Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“below, down”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*niþeraz}} Proto-Germanic *niþeraz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*h₁én|*ni-|t=below, down}} Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“below, down”) Head templates: {{ang-adj-comp|niþera|positive=-|sup=niþemest}} niþera (no positive form, superlative niþemest) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|niþera}} Forms: niþemest [superlative], weak [table-tags], niþera [masculine, nominative, singular], niþere [feminine, nominative, singular], niþere [neuter, nominative, singular], niþeran [accusative, masculine, singular], niþeran [accusative, feminine, singular], niþere [accusative, neuter, singular], niþeran [genitive, masculine, singular], niþeran [feminine, genitive, singular], niþeran [genitive, neuter, singular], niþeran [dative, masculine, singular], niþeran [dative, feminine, singular], niþeran [dative, neuter, singular], niþeran [instrumental, masculine, singular], niþeran [feminine, instrumental, singular], niþeran [instrumental, neuter, singular], niþeran [masculine, nominative, plural], niþeran [feminine, nominative, plural], niþeran [neuter, nominative, plural], niþeran [accusative, masculine, plural], niþeran [accusative, feminine, plural], niþeran [accusative, neuter, plural], niþerra [genitive, masculine, plural], niþerena [genitive, masculine, plural], niþerra [feminine, genitive, plural], niþerena [feminine, genitive, plural], niþerra [genitive, neuter, plural], niþerena [genitive, neuter, plural], niþerum [dative, masculine, plural], niþerum [dative, feminine, plural], niþerum [dative, neuter, plural], niþerum [instrumental, masculine, plural], niþerum [feminine, instrumental, plural], niþerum [instrumental, neuter, plural], niþerra [alternative], neoþera [alternative]
  1. lower, lowest, under
    Sense id: en-niþera-ang-adj-7RhlGVpR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. inferior
    Sense id: en-niþera-ang-adj-1noC688X Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: niþernes
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.