nerian

• nerġan, neriġan, neriġean

From Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan.

Cognate with Old Frisian nera, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (German nähren).

• IPA^(key): /ˈner.jɑn/, [ˈnerˠ.jɑn]

nerian

1. to save; rescue; preserve
   • Wyrd oft nereð / unfægne eorl þonne his ellen deah. ― Fate will often save a man not fated to die, when his courage is strong. (Beowulf, ll. 572-3)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• ġenerian
• neriend, neriġend (“savior”)

From Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), modern Dutch (ge)neren.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ri.ɑn/, [ˈne.ri.ɑn]

nerian

1. to save

   that kind uueldi nerean af ther nōdi - the child wanted to save himself from need. (Heliand, verse 2102)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Middle Low German: nēren
  • Low German: nähren