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neán

  • adverb
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neán, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
from near
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  • Neán and feorran

    from near and far,

    • Cd. Th. 14, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 225.

  • Feorran oððe neán,

    • 64, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1047.

  • Somnaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan, faraþ feorran and neán,

    • Exon. Th. 220, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 326: Beo. Th. 1683
      • ;
    • B. 839.

  • Ic eów wísige ðæt gé genóge neón sceáwiaþ beágas

    I will guide you so that from near ye may gaze on rings in abundance.

    • Beo. Th. 6200
      • ;
    • B. 3104.
near, close at hand
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  • Gif ðú Grendles dearst neán bídan

    if thou durst here await Grendel,

    • 1061
      • ;
    • B. 528.

  • Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, neán and feorran,

    • 4624
      • ; B 2317.

  • Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ, ðone norþende neán ymbcerraþ (cf. hí sint swá neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe, Fox 214, 20),

    • Met. 28, 14.
nearly, about
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  • Neán twelfwintre

    fere annorum duodecim,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 42.

  • Ðá wæs geworden æfter ðam wordum neán (MS. A. neáh) eahta dagas,

    • 9, 28.

  • Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd

    erat autem fere hora sexta,

    • 23, 44.

  • Wé ðæs hereweorces neán myndgiaþ

    we bear that warlike deed in mind nearly as it happened, have an accurate remembrance of it,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1311
      • ;
    • El. 657.
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v. for-neán.
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v.  neón.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “neán.” 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/23502.

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