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Adjective
nean
- accusative singular of nea
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to nēah
Adverb
nēan
- 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.
- nearly
- about
- from near
- close at hand
- near
References
Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary