[nearo-cräft], st. m., art of rendering difficult of access?, inaccessibility (see [2214] seqq.): instr. pl. nearo-cräftum, [2244].

[nearo-fâh], m., foe that causes distress, war-foe: gen. sg. nearo-fâges, [2318].

[nearo-þearf], st. f., dire need, distress: acc. sg. nearo-þearfe, [422].

ge-[nearwian], w. v., to drive into a corner, press upon: pret. part. genearwod, [1439].

[neáh, nêh]: 1) adj., near, nigh: nom. sg. neáh, [1744], [2729]. In superl. also = last: instr. sg. nýhstan sîðe (for the last time), [1204]; niéhstan sîðe, [2512].

2) adv., near: feor and (oððe) neáh, [1222], [2871]; 3) prep, sæ-grunde neáh, [564]; so, [1925], [2243]; holm-wylme nêh, [2412]. Compar. neár, [746].

[neán], adv., near by, (from) close at hand, [528]; (neon, MS.), [3105]; feorran and neán, [840]; neán and feorran, [1175], [2318].

ge-[neát], st. m., comrade, companion: in comp. beód-, heorð-geneát.

[nioðor]. See [niðer].

[neowol], adj., steep, precipitous: acc. pl. neowle, [1412].