nerue

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.