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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
nẹ̄̆r(re
adj.
Additional spellings:
nerre
60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Nearer in space or time;
ner dai
, an earlier date; (b) more closely related by kinship;
ner kin (sibbe)
; (c) in proverbs.
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