anigh
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]anigh (not comparable)
- (archaic) Nigh; near.
- 1893, The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, page 502:
- The sun-flakes by multitudes lie, / Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned / On the floors of the forest engilt and embrowned / And reddened afar and anigh.
Preposition
[edit]anigh
- (archaic) Nigh; near.
- 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
- Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.
Further reading
[edit]- “anigh”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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