"fornigh" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more fornigh [comparative], most fornigh [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), equivalent to for- + nigh. Compare similarly formed German beinah, Dutch bijna, both meaning “almost”. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forneh}} Middle English forneh, {{m|enm|forneah}} forneah, {{inh|en|ang|fornēah|t=very nearly, almost, about}} Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), {{af|en|for-|nigh}} for- + nigh, {{cog|de|beinah}} German beinah, {{cog|nl|bijna}} Dutch bijna Head templates: {{en-adv}} fornigh (comparative more fornigh, superlative most fornigh)
  1. (dialectal) Very near Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fornigh-en-adv-1YEYJRb8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 69 31
  2. (dialectal, of time) Very nearly; almost. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fornigh-en-adv--5d~cX2r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wellnigh

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