anigh
Americanpreposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anigh
Example Sentences
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‘Forgive your Sam. He’ll come back to this spot when the job’s done — if he manages it. And then he’ll not leave you again. Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you! And if the Lady could hear me and give me one wish, I would wish to come back and find you again. Good-bye!’
From Literature
"And mind, Miss Annabel, you are not to go anigh your mamma's room to waken her," she added, looking back dictatorially.
From Project Gutenberg
II It stands so lonely in the sky The sparrows never come anigh, The glossy starlings seldom stop To preen and chatter on the top.
From Project Gutenberg
No, lad, the fat’s in the fire this time, and, may be, I may better help some poor critter away from the place than anigh it.
From Project Gutenberg
Ef your barn happens to be on the t'other side from him, hit's the hardest matter in the world to git him to come anigh hit.
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