nerue

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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nerue (plural nerues)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Early Modern English spelling of nerve
    • c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83:
      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.