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(pl. nánir), a.
1) near; náit er nef augum, nose is near of kin to eyes;
2) náinn e-m, closely related to, a near kinsman of (þeir menn eru þér nánir at frændsemi).
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adj., pl. nánir, compar. nánari:—near to; náit er nef augum, Nj. 21: metaph., náinn e-m, closely related, a near kinsman of, Grág. i. 293; næsta bræðra eðr nánari konu, 345; systrungum eðr nánarum mönnum, 228; þótt mér sé nánastr maðrinn, Hrafn. 10; af svá nánum frænda, Gullþ. 7, Fms. vi. 172; inn nánasti niðr, Grág. i. 171, N. G. L. i. 17; inir nánostu frændr, Bs. i. 90; nánir at frændsemi, Fms. xi. 7, Grág. (Kb.) i. 29; byggja svá náit at frændsemi, to marry one so nearly related, Hkr. i. 8.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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