Noun
nerue (plural nerues)
(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.