Middle English word forneh comes from Old English nēah, Old English for-, Old English fornēah, and later Old English forneah (Very nearly, nigh, nearly, almost, about.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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nēah | Old English (ang) | |
for- | Old English (ang) | Forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’. Used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up. Very. |
fornēah | Old English (ang) | |
forneah | Old English (ang) | Very nearly, nigh, nearly, almost, about. |
forneah | Middle English (enm) |