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nearu

  • adjective
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nearu, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §220; §436; §553;
narrow, strait, confined, not spacious
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  • Neara scræf

    gurgustulum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 29.

  • Neare pyt

    puteus angustus,

    • Kent. Gl. 901.

  • Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe (MS. B. nearuwe : Lind. nearuo : Rush. naarwe) geat ... Eálá hú neara (MS. A. nearu : Lind. naruu : Rush. naru) is ðæt geat

    intrate per angustam portam ... Quam angusta porta,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13-14 : Lk. Skt. 13, 24.

  • Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 28, 12.

  • Alexander him ðæt ondréd for ðære nearwan stówe ðæt hé ðá on wæs

    timens angustias quibus inerat locorum,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 124, 25.

  • In án nearo fæsten ungeféredra móra

    in angustias inaccessorum montium,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, 20.

  • Nearo wíc

    mansionem angustam,

    • 4, 28
      • ;
    • S. 605, 23.

  • Tóbrǽdan ofer ða nearwan eorþan (cf. ofer ðás nearowan eorþan sceátas,

    • Met. 10, 16
      • ),
    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 25
      • .

  • Binnon nearwum gemǽrum

    intra fines angustiores,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 603, 9.

  • Nearewum

    artis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 67.

  • Mid ða nearwan

    arta,

    • 5, 57.

  • Ofereode stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas,

    • Beo. Th. 2823
      • ;
    • B. 1409.
narrow, limited, poor, restricted
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  • Hú ne ongite gé hú neara (Cott. MS. nearo) se eówer hlísa beón wile,

    • Bt. 18, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 64, 14.

  • Swíðe nearewe (Cott. MS. nearwa) sent and swiðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa,

    • 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 25.

  • Hét hié from hweorfan neorxna wange on nearore líf,

    • Cd. Th. 58, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 944.
strait, oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind)
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  • Nýd byþ nearu on breóste niða bearnum i

    need straitens the breast of man,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 541, 8
      • ;
    • Rún. 10.

  • Nearo nihtwaco

    the anxious night watch,

    • Exon. Th. 306, 13.

  • In hæft under nearone clom (

    under confining fetter

    ),
    • Exon. Th. 138, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 570.

  • Ðone nearwan níþ onfón,

    • Cd. Th. 43, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 697 : 304, 22
      • ;
    • Sat. 634.

  • Of ðǽm nearwum bendum,

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 197 : Exon. Th. 435, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 53, 3.

  • Under nearwum clommum,

    • 134, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 511.

  • Hié wilnodan ðæt hé hié of ðǽm nearwan þeóstrum álésde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 13.
oppressed, not having free action
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  • Wið nearwre sworetunge

    for difficult breathing,

    • Lchdm. i. 340, 11.

  • Hym beóþ on hyra brósten nearuwe (

    people with asthma

    ),
    • iii. 116, 23.
strict, severe
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  • Ðæt hié ne þyrfen bión gesewene æt ðæm nearwan dóme

    ut a districta judice videri non debeant,

    • Past. 53, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 413, 16.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. naru.
]
Linked entries
v.  nearu-cræft.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nearu.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23506.

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