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nearwe

  • adverb
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nearwe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§264; §553;
straitly, strictly, closely
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  • Nearwe gebunden

    straitly bound,

    • Exon. Th. 463, 2
    • ;
    • Hö. 64.
  • Hyne sár hafaþ nearwe befongen,

    • Beo. Th. 1957
    • ;
    • B. 976: Elen. Kembl. 2550
    • ;
    • El. 1276 : Met. 21, 5.
narrowly, strictly, exactly (of enquiry)
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  • Þeódcwén ongan georne sécan nearwe, tó hwan hió ða næglas gedón meahte,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2313
    • ;
    • El. 1158 : 2476
    • ;
    • El. 1240.
oppressively, forcibly
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  • Ðonne hine æt niéhstan nearwe stilleþ G,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 268
    • ;
    • Sal. 133.
  • Nearwe gebéged,

    • Cd. Th. 292, 26
    • ;
    • Sat. 446.
anxiously, in a manner causing trouble
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  • Hyge gnornende nihtes nearwe

    the mind mourning in anguish at night,

    • Exon. Th. 174, 25
    • ;
    • Gú. 1183.
  • Ferþ gebysgad, nearwe genǽged,

    • 162, 35
    • ;
    • Gú. 986.
  • Ðá heó nearwe beswác yldran ússe

    when the serpent deceived our first parents to their hurt,

    • 226, 30; Ph. 413 : Frag. Kmbl. 51.
    • ;
    • Leás. 27.
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  • nearwe, adv.