Definition of "anigh" []

• Nigh; near; close by (to). (adverb)
• Nigh; near. (preposition)

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• ""What's comin 'anigh' em?" asked the old woman scornfully."
• "And when the woman Ipsukuk is anigh thee, -- she who smeareth her face with molasses, -- do thou smite her likewise, and whosoever else that possesseth flour and cometh to thy hand."
• "To lead the flight two aged guides are we; my care is centred on these boys, while she, I mean Alcmena, clasps her son's daughter in her arms, and bears her for safety within this shrine, for we shrink from letting tender maidens come anigh the crowd or stand as suppliants at the altar."