† there-ˈnigh, adv. Obs.
Forms: see there and nigh.
[OE. þǽr néah: þǽr, there 17, néah near, nigh.]
Near that place or thing.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 139 Ceᵹende ealle hire maᵹas þa þe þær neah wæron. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Þar neh ne mihte nan liuiende mon gan. c 1290 Beket 929 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 133 Ich ov hote þat ȝe þare neiȝ ne beon. a 1300 Cursor M. 767 (Cott.) If we com þer nei [F. þer neye; G. þar ney; T. þer nyȝe]. 13.. Ibid. 7589 (Cott.) Þe sarzins war þar neigh be-side All fled. |