A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1520-1535
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Nerand, adv. [Appar. ppl. a. f. Nere v. used adv.: but cf. Nere hand adv. 2a with which there is perh. confusion.] Nearly. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet Heb. x. 1.
For the law … may neuir mak men nerand [P. neiȝinge] perfite be the ilk sammin sacrificis
