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nearu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §220; §436; §553;
confinement, durance, prison
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  • Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan (

    when they might come out of the ark

    ),
    • Cd. Th. 86
      • ;
    • Gen. 1433.

  • Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1418
      • ;
    • El. 711.

  • Næglas of nearwe scínende

    the nails shining from the hole where they had been hidden,

    • 2227
      • ;
    • El. 1115.

  • Neb wæs mín on nearwe

    my face was in confinement,

    • Exon. Th. 392, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 11, 1.

  • Siððan mé nioþan upweardne on nearo fégde

    afterwards fixed me upside down in durance,

    • 479, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 62, 6 : 480, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 63, 8.
a strait, difficulty
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  • On nearwe

    in a strait,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2203
      • ;
    • El. 1103.

  • Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land

    the difficulties of the situation forced them to the north for they knew that to the south of them lay the land of the Ethiopians,

    • Cd. Th. 181, 29
      • ;
    • Exon. 68.

  • Nearu, nearo þrowian

    to be in straits,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 828
      • ;
    • An. 414: Beo. Th. 5182
      • ;
    • B. 2594.

  • Hé ǽr fela nearo néþende níða gedígde

    from many straits and strifes had he come safely,

    • 4689
      • ;
    • B. 2350.

  • Hine of nearwum út forlét,

    • Vald. 2, 8.

  • In nearowe néþan

    to venture into difficulties,

    • Exon. Th. 436, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 54, 13.
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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/23507.

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