Middle English Dictionary Entry
neigh of phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | neigh of phr. |
| Etymology | From neigh & of prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of approximately (a certain quantity, quality, or age), of about; (b) ~ allie, close of kin; ~..allie (blod, kinde), of (someone's) close kin; (c) in the presence of (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3206 : Tær he ledde himm ane hiss lif Till þatt he waxenn wass & neh Off þrittiȝ winnterr elde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 7.26 : Yt contenede two thousend mesuris of þre quartys, þre thousend mesuris neeȝ of a potel.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.1520 : His wyf was woman ny of the same vice.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8272 : Alle þai were..neiȝe of Wawaines kende.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2039 : Hector..mette Thelamoun..nyȝe of his allye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2068 : Þei so nyȝe were of allye.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)7 : Thay were so neghe of the Kynges blode of Scottes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)199/3 : She was thy cousyns wyff..a man that we calle nyghe of thy bloode.
c
- c1460 Oseney Reg.202/8 : Our sentence þe saide John..in our presence, nyȝghe of þe religiouse men procuratour aforesaide..acceptid.