nean
See also: n-éan
Esperanto
editAdjective
editnean
- accusative singular of nea
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editRelated to nēah
Adverb
editnēan
- 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.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
- nearly
- about
- from near
- close at hand
- near
References
editBosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary