ABSTRACT
IIIIlI'OW (adj, hence n and v), whence narrowness, comes, through ME narwe, earlier naru, from OE nearu: cf OFris nare, OS naru, naro, OHG narwa, MHG narwe, G Narhe, a scar, lit the drawingtogether of a wound, and perh cf also Lith narys, a loop, nirti, to thread a needle.
