nearu
confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty
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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.
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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narrow, strait, confined, not spacious 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.
Linked entry: nearu-cræft
nearu
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Add Wiþ nearwum breóstum, Lch. ii. 174, 6. evil, mean. v. nearulice ; <b>V;</b> nearu-þanc
nearu-sorh
Oppressive care ⬩ grievous trouble
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Oppressive care, grievous trouble Nearusorge dreáh, Elen. Kmbl. 2520; El. 1261
nearu-níd
Sore need ⬩ grievous trouble
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on nearo nédum in confinement by force ], Andr. Kmbl. 203; An. 102. From naronéðe de angusta (as if, angustia? ), Lk. Skt. p. 8, 6
nearu-searu
A wile that causes restraint or confinement
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A wile that causes restraint or confinement (?) Hýdde wǽron þurh nearusearwe næglas on eorþan ( of the nails in the cross that had been buried ), Elen. Kembl. 2215; El. 1109
nearu-þanc
Illiberal thought ⬩ wickedness
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Illiberal thought, wickedness Feóndlícra nearaþanca spiritalium nequitiarum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 61. Syle heom æfter nearuþancum (nearoþancnysse, Ps. Lamb. 27, 4), wiðmétednyssa heora da illis secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 27, 5
Linked entry: nearu-wrenc
nearu-wrenc
A trick or wile that causes anxiety or trouble,
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A trick or wile that causes anxiety or trouble, Exon. Th. 316, 5; Mód. 44
nearu-bregd
A wile or trick that brings others into straits
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A wile or trick that brings others into straits Néþde ic nearobregdum, ðǽr ic Neron biswác, ðæt hé ácwellan hét Cristes þegnas, Exon. Th. 260, 24; Jul. 302
nearu-cræft
An art that confines or imprisons
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An art that confines or imprisons (?) Beorh wunode on wonge nearocræftum fæst ðǽr on innan bær eorl gestreóna ... feá worda cwæþ : Hold ðú nú hrúse eorla ǽhte the mound stood on the plain firm in its prisoning powers (able to keep in durance the treasure
nearu-gráp
A close grasp
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A close grasp Án wiht is ... hreóh and réþe hafaþ ryne strongne ... and be grunde faraþ ... neól is nearográp, Exon. Th. 491, 28; Rä. 81, 6
nearu-þearf
Pressing need
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Pressing need Ic on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, nearoþearfe dreáh, Beo. Th. 849; B. 422: Exon. Th. 5, 14; Cri. 69
nearu-ness
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Add Geseah hé fréfrende gesyhðe, seó him ealle þá nearonesse (neara-, v.l.) þǽre gemyngedan sorge (omnem anxietatem memoratae sollicitudinis) áfyrde, Bd. 4, II; Sch, 406, 9.
nearu-líc
Oppressive ⬩ distressing ⬩ grievous
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Oppressive, distressing, grievous Feala mé se Hǽlend hearma gefremede, níða nearolícra, Elen. Kmbl.1822; El. 913
nearu-þanc
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Feóndlices nearaþances ł hinderscypes spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 378. Feóndlicra nearaþanca, bíswica spiritalium nequitiarum, i. fraudium, 763. Forlǽten wé . . . tǽlnessa and twy-sprǽcnessa, nlðas and nearoþancas, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add
nearu-searu
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Similar entries Cf. nearu-þanc, -wrenc
nearu-fáh
Disastrously hostile ⬩ bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits
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Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317
nearu-þancness
Linked entry: -þancness
nearu-wrenc
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Add: an evil, mean trick (?) Æfestum onǽled oferhygda ful, níðum, nearowrencum, Mod. 44