nearunes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nearu +‎ -nes.

Noun

nearunes f (nominative plural nearunessa)

  1. A strait, a narrow space, a place of small extent.
  2. (of the body) oppression, distress
  3. (of the mind) distress, anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief.
  4. (of room or means) scantiness.

Declension
Declension of nearunes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative nearunes nearunessa, nearunesse
accusative nearunesse nearunessa, nearunesse
genitive nearunesse nearunessa
dative nearunesse nearunessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: nearunyss (early), narwenesse

References
  • nearuness in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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