nean

Etymology
Related to nēah

Adverb

 * 1) almost
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
 * "ang"

- Wén is þæt eower sum cweðe to him sylfum on stillum geðohtum, Hwæt forleton has gebroðru, Petrus and Andreas, þe for nēan nán ðing næfdon? ac we sceolon on þisum ðinge heora gewilnunge swiðor āsmēaġan þonne heora gestreon.


 * 1) nearly
 * 2) about
 * 3) from near
 * 4) close at hand
 * 5) near