anigh

adv, prep — 2 senses

anigh

adv

/əˈnai/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

1

Archaic Nigh; near.

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.1893, The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, page 502:

anigh

prep

Etymology Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

1

Archaic Nigh; near.

Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:

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