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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nieve

"clenched fist" (northern and Scottish dialect), c.1300, from Old Norse hnefi (related to Norwegian dialectal neve, Swedish näfve, Danish næve), not found in other Germanic languages.

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nieve

n. (form of variant form nief English)

Usage examples of "nieve".

The puir beast would drift south on some floe, and it was sair hurt, for Sandy said it had a hole in its throat ye could put your nieve in.

Lady Estellan had disappeared momentarily, presumably to fetch the crown and a suitable veil, and Lirin and Lady Nieve were out of earshot, brushing up a drab-colored cloak by the wan light of day, over in the window bay, but Rhysel still shifted to mind-speech.

As Rhysel held up the mirror so the queen could get a better view, Estellan returned with Lady Nieve, bearing a grey wool cloak lined and hooded with grey rabbit.

Lady Nieve, was allowed to accompany her as the regents escorted her to the nursery apartments occupied by the young prince.

Ring of Fire on his left hand, bewildered and a bit distressed because it was far too big, but he brightened when Lady Nieve produced a sturdy gold chain from which to suspend it around his neck.

It was along the course of the Adour, as the reader will probably recollect, or rather between the Adour and the Nieve, that Soult formed his famous intrenched camp.

Martha Nieves and Angelita Ochoa, the sisters of Jorge Luis, Fabio, and Juan David Ochoa, who had been accused of drug trafficking and racketeering and were known to be personal friends of Pablo Escobar.

It was Martha Nieves Ochoa, who with this bold step initiated negotiations for the surrender of each of her three brothers, at one-month intervals.

Ochoa family had come for her at the house where she was staying: the mother, Martha Nieves and one of her sisters, and two young men.

At last, the other two Ochoas spoke, and Martha Nieves lightened the atmosphere with her native grace.

At about ten, making an effort not to be too melodramatic, Martha Nieves told him that Escobar would be seeing him sometime soon.

One of his contact lenses fell out, he stepped on it, and was so exasperated that Martha Nieves had to take him to San Ignacio Opticians, where they solved his problem with a pair of normal glasses.

Phillips, Harry Fullett, John Coleman, Gene Francar, Aaron Graham, Joe Toft, Jim Nims, Richard Hahner, James Borden, Charles Gutensohn, Robert Nieves, Mike Fredericks, Jerry Strickler, Mike McManus, Richard Meyers, Mark Eissler and James McGiveney.

Just a month later, on 12 November, M-19 struck again, successfully lifting Marta Nieves Ochoa - one of the five Ochoa sisters - from outside Antioquia University in Medellin.

As Bob Nieves explained to me inWashington, a typical bust might involve taking down a driver moving cocaine from point A to point B.