nean

See also: n-éan

Esperanto

Adjective

nean

1. accusative singular of nea

Old English

Alternative forms

• neon

Etymology

Related to nēah

Adverb

nēan

1. almost
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

     Wén is þæt eower sum cweðe to him sylfum on stillum geðohtum, Hwæt forleton has gebroðru, Petrus and Andreas, þe for nēan nán ðing næfdon? ac we sceolon on þisum ðinge heora gewilnunge swiðor āsmēaġan þonne heora gestreon.

     It is to be expected that one of you in his still thoughts say to himself, What did the brothers, Peter and Andrew, leave, who had almost nothing? but in this case we should rather consider their desire than their possession.

2. nearly
3. about
4. from near
5. close at hand
6. near

References

Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary