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nearwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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nearwian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§643;
to make narrow, straiten, compress
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  • Se ðe mec nearwaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 407, 25
    • ;
    • Rä. 26, 10.
to become narrow, contracted
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  • 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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v. ge-nearwian, nirwan.
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