nearunes
Old English
Alternative forms
- nearones, nearanes
Etymology
From nearu + -nes.
Noun
nearunes f (nominative plural nearunessa)
- A strait, a narrow space, a place of small extent.
- (of the body) oppression, distress
- (of the mind) distress, anxiety, tribulation, trouble, grief.
- (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