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nearu

Pronunciation: /ˈnæ͜ɑ.ru/

“nearu” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. narrow
  2. limited, poor, restricted
  3. burdensome, oppressive, giving worries

noun

  1. narrowness
  2. confinement; prison, hiding place
  3. danger, distress
  4. affliction, difficulty

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Compare Old Saxon naro, West Frisian near, Dutch naar.

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