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neáh-lǽcan

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Add: with dat. or tó.
of movement in space
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  • Hé ána beláf and neálǽhte tó þǽre stówe,

      Hml. S. 30, 105.

  • Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne,

      Bl. H. 155, 14.

  • Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne,

      Gr. D. 85, 8.
of movement in time.
with a noun or pronoun as subject
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  • Se dóm neálǽceþ,

      Bl. H. 91, 19.

  • Nú neálǽceþ ǽgþer ge þín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýþnes,

      187, 22.

  • Ic neálǽhte mínum ende,

      Gr. D. 243, 20.

  • Þonne seó tíd neálǽce,

      Bl. H. 205, 28.

  • Swá neálǽcende is þeós andwearde woruld tó ende

    quantum praesens seculum propinqvat ad finem,

      Gr. D. 330, 25, (la) with clause :-- Nú
    ú
with impersonal construction,
to approach a season or event
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  • Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð,

      Wlfst. 18, 14.

  • Neólicað onlésnisse eówrum

    appropinguat redemtio uestra,

      Lk. R. 21, 28.

  • Þǽre tíde neálǽhte fire álésnesse,

      Bl. H. 77, 14.

  • Mid þý hit ǽfenne neáléhte

    uespertino tempore,

      Nar. 23, 9.

  • Þá þá hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes

    appropinquante mortis ejus tempore,

      Gr. D. 301, 33.

  • Hit neálǽhte his ænde

    ad extrema pervenit pater,

      226, l: 307, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “neáh-lǽcan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55810.

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