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Old English Dictionary Entry

Nearwian

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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.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛠᚱᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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