niþer

Etymology
From from the comparative of Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) down, downwards, downward
 * 2) * "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29
 * "ang"

- 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.


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' , lines 85-89
 * "ang"

- Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
 * "ang"

- He astah of heofonum for middangeardes alysednysse, and wæron forði his fet niðer awende.

Usage notes
This word is used to describe where something is going: wit gāþ þæder niðer (“we're going down there”). To describe where something is located, the word is used instead: wit sind hēr niðre (“we're down here”).