Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To make its cry. · To make a sound similar to a horse's cry. · To scoff or sneer.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe cry of a horse.
Inherited from Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.
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