anigh
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editanigh (comparative more anigh, superlative most anigh)
- (archaic) Nigh; near; close by (to).
- 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
- Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.
Preposition
editanigh
- (archaic) Nigh; near.
Further reading
edit- “anigh”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.