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Old English Dictionary Entry

Nearwe

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1 nearwe

adv. I. straitly, strictly, closely :-- Nearwe gebunden straitly bound, Exon. Th. 463, 2 ; Hö. 64. Hyne sár hafaþ nearwe befongen, Beo. Th. 1957; B. 976: Elen. Kembl. 2550; El. 1276 : Met. 21, 5. II. narrowly, strictly, exactly (of enquiry) :-- Þeódcwén ongan georne sécan nearwe, tó hwan hió ða næglas gedón meahte, Elen. Kmbl. 2313; El. 1158 : 2476; El. 1240. III. oppressively, forcibly :-- Ðonne hine æt niéhstan nearwe stilleþ G, Salm. Kmbl. 268 ; Sal. 133. Nearwe gebéged, Cd. Th. 292, 26; Sat. 446. IV. anxiously, in a manner causing trouble :-- Hyge gnornende nihtes nearwe the mind mourning in anguish at night, Exon. Th. 174, 25 ; Gú. 1183. Ferþ gebysgad, nearwe genǽged, 162, 35; Gú. 986. Ðá heó nearwe beswác yldran ússe when the serpent deceived our first parents to their hurt, 226, 30; Ph. 413 : Frag. Kmbl. 51.; Leás. 27. nearwe
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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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