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adv. and prep. with dat.1) near, in the vicinity (of);nær eða fjarri, near or far;nær staddr, present;brautu nær, near the road;nær því sem, neara the place where (þar í nesinu, nær því sem þingit hafði verit);þar nær, in the vicinity (sveinarnir hlaupa til skógar, er þar var nær);2) towards, of time (nær aptni, morni);3) nearly;nær átta tigir manna or nær átta tigum manna, nearly eighty men;þar kómu menn af nær öllum löndum, almost from all countries;nær viku munu við dveljast, we shall stay nearly a week;4) in accordance with, in conformity to (nær ætla ek þat lögum Íra);5) near the truth (máttu nú nær gæta, hvar beina okkarra er at leita);7) adv., when, = hve nær (nær skal mér þat ömbuna? sagði B.);B. spurði, nær þeir mundu aptr koma, when they would be coming back.* * *adv. used both as positive and comparative of ná-, q. v.; superl. næst; mod. usage makes nær the comparative, nærri the positive, cp. fjar, fjarri, firr, which are analogous: [A. S. and Engl. near; Scot. nar; Dan. nær]:—near:I. as positive, with dat., brautu nær, near the road, Hm. 71; hjarta nær, 94; borgum nær, Sighvat; nær Heiðabý, Fms. vi. 64 (in a verse); vera nær e-u, to be present at; hvergi nær, nowhere near; vóru þá búendr hvergi nær komnir, Ó. H. 210, Eg. 111, Grág. i. 69; nær eða fjarri, nigh or far, Fms. viii. 346:—nær aptni, near night, towards night, Hm. 97; nær morni, 100:—near, according to, nær ætla ek þat lögum Íra, Ld. 76; er þat nær þínu skapi, Nj. 24.2. metaph. near, close, sharp; sem þú mátt vánu nær ( probably) vita, Sks. 183 B; geta þess sumir til, at þú munir þér þetta eigi nær ætla, folks say that it comes not from thy heart, Fms. xi. 280; Sigurðr þótti nær sér taka þetta bragð, it was cleverly done, vii. 219; cp. taka e-ð nærri sér, to overstrain one’s powers; hann hefir tekið nærri sér, … ok var nær hverjum vænna horfði, it was a drawn game, Nj. 45; e-m verðr nær stýrt, to have a narrow escape, Fms. v. 266; nær meir, more near to, Hom. 159; engi skal nær meir göra en, Gþl. 456.3. adv. nearly, almost; nær þrjátigi manna, Grett. 95 B; nær tuttugu, Eg. 37; níu hundruð eðr nær því, Fms. i. 109, Rb. 466; nær hundraði vetra, Landn. 322; nær tveggja manns-vaxta, Fas. ii. 508; siðaðr nær betr en, almost better than, Fms. i. 242; nær af öllum löndum, Ld. 28.II. compar. nearer; nær kirkju eða firr, K. Þ. K.; nær vetfangi, Grág. ii. 43; ver eigi nær honum en mál nemi, Fms. iv. 28: temp., eigi nær vár-þingi en …, Grág. i. 100; eigi nær páskum en …, 324: metaph. nearer to, þess firr var er þeir gengu nær, Ld. 322.2. fitter; væri nær miklu, at …, Valla L. 218; miklu er þetta nær, en …, Þórð. 49, Nj. 37; nær er nú aptr at hverfa en fyrr, Fms. vi. 155: in mod. usage, iron., þér er nær at þegja, it will be better for thee to hold thy tongue; þér var nær að vera kyr!B. Adv. and conj. [Dan. naar], when; hafðú njósn af nær þeir koma, Nj. 5; halda vörð á nær tími mundi vera at hitta konung, Eg. 420; göra orð nær líkast væri at veita atför jarli, Fms. i. 54; kveða á nær hón varð léttari, Grág. i. 349; nær þeir ( supposed that) auka jömnu, ii. 257.
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