neeghe

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Etymology

From Middle English nighe, from Old English nēah.

Pronunciation

Adjective

neeghe (comparative nigher or neicher)

  1. nigh
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
      Neeghe a heighe thoornes (or thoweares) o' Culpake
    • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:
      Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.
      He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

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References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59
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