Middle English Dictionary Entry
neigh than phr.
Entry Info
Forms | neigh than phr. |
Etymology | From neigh & than, var. of the pron. dem. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Nearly, almost.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21881 : Neh þan alle clæne nakede heo weoren.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22340 : Þa Irisce men weoren nakede neh þan.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)33 : Ðat was adam þe ferde ut fran þe fulle edinesse of paradis in to þesse wrecheliche hateringe of þisse worelde and ledde after him neih þan al his ofspreng.