anigh

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   archaic or dialectal: near or close by

   The storm drew anigh before the travelers found shelter.

2. 2
   prep

   archaic or dialectal: near to

   The frightened animal would not let anyone come anigh it.

Inherited from Middle English aneh and formed from a- + nigh. It once functioned as an ordinary adverb and preposition meaning near, but is now chiefly archaic or dialectal.

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