Nearu

adj. I. 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. A. nearu : Lind. naruu : Rush. naru) is ðæt geat intrate per angustam portam ... Quam angusta porta, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13-14 : Lk. Skt. 13, 24. Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 28, 12. Alexander him ðæt ondréd for ðære nearwan stówe ðæt hé ðá on wæs timens angustias quibus inerat locorum, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 25. In án nearo fæsten ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20. Nearo wíc mansionem angustam, 4, 28 ; S. 605, 23. Tóbrǽdan ofer ða nearwan eorþan (cf. ofer ðás nearowan eorþan sceátas, Met. 10, 16), Bt. 19 ; Fox 68, 25. Binnon nearwum gemǽrum intra fines angustiores, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 9. Nearewum artis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 67. Mid ða nearwan arta, 5, 57. Ofereode stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas, Beo. Th. 2823; B. 1409. II. narrow, limited, poor, restricted :-- Hú ne ongite gé hú neara (Cott. MS. nearo) se eówer hlísa beón wile, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 14. Swíðe nearewe (Cott. MS. nearwa) sent and swiðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa, 11, 1; Fox 30, 25. Hét hié from hweorfan neorxna wange on nearore líf, Cd. Th. 58, 11 ; Gen. 944. III. strait, oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind) :-- Nýd byþ nearu on breóste niða bearnum ineed straitens the breast of man, Runic pm. Kmbl. 541, 8; Rún. 10. Nearo nihtwaco the anxious night watch, Exon. Th. 306, 13. In hæft under nearone clom (under confining fetter), Exon. Th. 138, 2 ; Gú. 570. Ðone nearwan níþ onfón, Cd. Th. 43, 27 ; Gen. 697 : 304, 22; Sat. 634. Of ðǽm nearwum bendum, Homl. Skt. 3, 197 : Exon. Th. 435, 6 ; Rä. 53, 3. Under nearwum clommum,134, 22 ; Gú. 511. Hié wilnodan ðæt hé hié of ðǽm nearwan þeóstrum álésde, Blickl. Homl. 103, 13. IV. oppressed, not having free action :-- Wið nearwre sworetunge for difficult breathing, Lchdm. i. 340, 11. Hym beóþ on hyra brósten nearuwe (people with asthma), iii. 116, 23. V. strict, severe :-- Ðæt hié ne þyrfen bión gesewene æt ðæm nearwan dóme ut a districta judice videri non debeant, Past. 53, 2 ; Swt. 413, 16. [O. Sax. naru.] nearu