nearu

Senses

1. narrow

2. limited, poor, restricted

3. burdensome, oppressive, giving worries

   byþ nearu on brēostan, weorþeþ hī ðēah oft niþa bearnum tō helpe and tō hǣle ġehwæþre, ġif hī his hlystaþ ǣror.

   Need is burdensome on breasts, however it often comes itself to be to the sons of men a help and a healing of each, if they hear it before.

   c. 1000, The Rune Poem:

Declension

Senses

1. narrowness

2. confinement; prison, hiding place

3. danger, distress

4. affliction, difficulty

Declension · strong wō-stem