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nearu, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §220; §436; §553;
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  • Leoniða angeán Xersis fór on ánum nearwan londfæstenne and him þǽr mid gefeohte wiðstód

    Leonida in angnstiis Thermopylarum obstitit,

      Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 14.

  • Sume habbað swíðe scortne weg, and þeáh nearone,

      Solil. H. 44, 9.

  • Ðæt scip bið drifen on swííe nearwe bygeas,

      Past. 59, 6. I a. fig. :--
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  • Þá synfullan berað nearowne wæstm and sceandfulne on ansýne þes heáhstan Scyppendes,

      Verc. Först. 135, 10.
add: of material or non-material bonds
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  • Neara

    arta, i. stricta (conjugii continentia),

      An. Ox. 578.

  • Nearewum emsǽt-nunge

    arta obsidione,

    5264.

  • Se neareweste stíþnes

    artissima uiolentia,

    1239.
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  • Wiþ nearwum breóstum,

      Lch. ii. 174, 6.
evil, mean. v. nearulice ; V; nearu-þanc.
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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/55829.

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