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Old English Dictionary Entry

Neán. I

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1 neán. I

add: I a. of time, from a time near at hand. v. feorran :-- Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán (some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7. III. add :-- Míne neán ástyred fét, neán ágoten stæpas míne mei pene moti sunt pedes, pene effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 2. -nean,nean
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛖᚪᚾ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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