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fór-neáh

  • adverb
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Grammar
fór-neáh, fór-neán; adv.
Very nearly, nigh, nearly, almost, about; prŏpe, fĕre, pæne, paulo mĭnus, circĭter
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  • Fórneáh

    fĕre,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 37, 50.

  • Fórneáh oððe hwæt-hwega hí fordydon me on eorþan

    paulo mĭnus consummāvērunt me in terram,

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 87: 93, 17.

  • Seó upastíhþ fórneán óþ ðone mónan

    it extends upwards very nearly to the moon,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 17, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 272, 18.

  • Fórneán

    fĕre,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 41, 45.

  • Míne fórneán astyrode synt fét

    mei pæne mōti sunt pĕdes,

    • Ps. Lamb. 72, 2.

  • Fórneán þreó þusend

    circĭter tria millia,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
      • ;
    • Som. 47, 42, 43.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fór-neáh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11622.

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