Fornigh

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Very near dialectal
  2. 2
    Very nearly; almost. dialectal

    "It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'"

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give or takemore or lessalmostapproximatelyclose tojust about

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"It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'"

Etymology

From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), equivalent to for- + nigh. Compare similarly formed German beinah, Dutch bijna, both meaning “almost”.

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