nere

See also: néré and nɛrɛ

Italian

Adjective

nere

1. feminine plural of nero

Anagrams

• rene

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) nēre

1. present active infinitive of neō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of neō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of neō

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *neurô. Akin to Middle Low German nēre, Old High German nioro, German Niere, Old Norse nýra.

Noun

nēre (plural nēres)

1. kidney

Etymology 2

Adverb

nere

1. near

Etymology 3

From ne plus were

Verb

• weren't

  c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875-877, 885:

  And ceꝛtes, if it neꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye, […] / But all that thing I mot as now foꝛbeꝛe.

  And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

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Swedish

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Adverb

nere

1. down, below, downstairs, at the far end of
2. (colloquial) down, sad, depressed (of humans)
3. down, offline, not available (of computers and online services)

   tjänsten ligger nere

   the service is down

   Webbsajten kommer att vara nere imorgon bitti. Den planerade nertiden är två timmar. Sajten tas/stängs ner klockan 8.

   The website will be down tomorrow morning. The planned downtime is two hours. The site is taken/shut down at 8 o'clock.

See also

• ned
• ner
• nertid
• uppe

Anagrams

• rene