[net], st. n., net: in comp. breóst-, here-, hring-, inwit-, searo-net.

[nêdla], w. m., dire necessity, distress: in comp. þreá-nêdla.

[nêðan] (G. nanþjan), w. v., to venture, undertake boldly: pres. part. nearo nêðende (encountering peril), [2351]; pret. pl. þær git ... on deóp water aldrum nêðdon (where ye two risked your lives in the deep water), [510]; so, [538].

ge-nêðan, the same: inf. ne dorste under ýða gewin aldre ge-nêðan, [1470]. With depend. clause: nænig þät dorste genêðan þät (none durst undertake to ...), [1934]; pret. sg. he under hârne stân âna genêðde frêcne dæde (he risked alone the bold deed, venturing under the grey rock), [889]; (ic) wîge under wätere weorc genêðde earfoð-lîce (I with difficulty stood the work under the water in battle, i.e. could hardly win the victory), [1657]; ic genêðde fela gûða (ventured on, risked, many contests), [2512]; pres. pl. (of majesty) we ... frêcne genêðdon eafoð uncûðes (we have boldly risked, dared, the monster's power), [961].

[nêh]. See [neáh].

ge-[neahhe], adv., enough, sufficiently, [784], [3153]; superl. genehost brägd eorl Beówulfes ealde lâfe (many an earl of B.'s), [795].

[nealles] (from ne-ealles), adv., omnino non, not at all, by no means: nealles, [2146], [2168], [2180], [2223], [2597], etc.; nallas, [1720], [1750]; nalles, [338], [1019], [1077], [1443], [2504], etc.; nalas, [43], [1494], [1530], [1538]; nales, [1812].

[nearo], st. n., strait, danger, distress: acc. sg. nearo, [2351], [2595].

[a]nearo], adj., narrow: acc. pl. f. nearwe, [1410].

nearwe, adv., narrowly, [977].