How do you pronounce anigh?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnai/.

Where does anigh come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/əˈnai/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adv

Archaic

prep

Archaic

"The sun-flakes by multitudes lie, / Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned / On the floors of the forest engilt and embrowned / And reddened afar and anigh."
"Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you."

Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

anighst (alternative, obsolete)

How to pronounce anigh

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