Nearu. i

According to the Old English Dictionary:

nearu. I

add :-- Leoniða angeán Xersis fór on ánum nearwan londfæstenne and him þǽr mid gefeohte wiðstód Leonida in angnstiis Thermopylarum obstitit, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 14. Sume habbað swíðe scortne weg, and þeáh nearone, Solil. H. 44, 9. Ðæt scip bið drifen on swííe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. I a. fig.:-- Ǽghwylc Crísten mann smeáge hú nearo se síðfæt bið þǽre synfullan sáwle, Verc. Först. 138. 14. II. add :-- Þá synfullan berað nearowne wæstm and sceandfulne on ansýne þes heáhstan Scyppendes, Verc. Först. 135, 10. III. add: of material or non-material bonds :-- Neara arta, i. stricta (conjugii continentia), An. Ox. 578. Nearewum emsǽt-nunge arta obsidione, 5264. Se neareweste stíþnes artissima uiolentia, 1239. IV. add :-- Wiþ nearwum breóstum, Lch. ii. 174, 6. V. evil, mean. V; nearu-þanc. nearu

Related words: nearulice ;