nearunes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === nearones, nearanes === Etymology === From nearu +‎ -nes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnæ͜ɑ.ru.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 ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: nearunyss (early), narwenesse English: narrowness === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “nearuness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.