Nearwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nearwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-nearwian, nirwan. nearwian

Definitions

1 nearwian

p. ode. I. to make narrow, straiten, compress :-- Se ðe mec nearwaþ, Exon. Th. 407, 25; Rä. 26, 10. II. to become narrow, contracted :-- Sefa nearwode (of Noah when drunk), Cd. Th. 94, 32; Gen. 1570. Sinc searwade, sib nearwade, Exon. Th. 353, 63; Reim. 37.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛠᚱᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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