naumr

adj. [akin to nema?], narrow, close; í holdsins hreysi naumu, Pass. 17. 10: close, scant, stingy, verða naumt fyrir, to run short as to time; hafa nauman tíma, to have a short time; naum grið, Bs. ii. 508 (17th century); vera naumt við kominn, to be pressed for time: superl. naumast, as adv. scarcely or narrowly, eg get naumast lesið það, I can hardly read it.