From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ner \Ner\, adverb & a. Nearer. [Obs.] See {Nerre}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nerre \Ner"re\, adverb & a. [See {Near}.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also {neer}, {ner}.] --Chaucer.
{Never the neer}, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ner light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr. 9:36).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ner, a lamp; new-tilled land
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