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nerue

nerue noun: early Modern English spelling of nerve.

Noun

nerue (plural nerues)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Early Modern English spelling of nerve
    • My fate cries out,
      And makes each petty Artire in this body,
      As hardy as the Nemian Lions nerue:
      Still am I cal'd? Vnhand me Gentlemen:
      By Heau'n, Ile make a Ghost of him that lets me:
      I say away, goe on, Ile follow thee.c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83

Forms of nerue

pluralnerues

Origin of nerue

Recorded since circa [1374] as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

Questions about nerue

What does nerue mean?
Nerue means early Modern English spelling of nerve.
What part of speech is nerue?
Nerue is a noun.
What is the plural of nerue?
The plural of nerue is nerues.

Words near nerue in the dictionary

  1. Nerthus
  2. Nerton
  3. nerts
  4. nertz
  5. Nerudan
  6. nerue
  7. nerues
  8. nerval
  9. nervate
  10. nervation
  11. nervations

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