- níehsta
- m (-n/-n), f (-an/-an) closest friend; 1 neighbor; next of kin
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
níehsta
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néah — 1. adj near, nigh, close; late; [cmp néara, spl níehsta]; séo níehste hand the nearest relative; in cmp later, latter; in spl last, latest; (1) local; (2) marking relation, position, or order; 2. adv near, nigh (of place, time); of degree, about … Old to modern English dictionary
néahsta — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
néhsta — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
néista — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
nésta — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
níhsta — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
nǽhsta — see níehsta … Old to modern English dictionary
next — (adj.) O.E. niehsta, nyhsta (W.Saxon), nesta (Anglian) nearest, closest, superlative of neah (W.Saxon), neh (Anglian) nigh; from P.Gmc. *nekh near + superlative suffix * istaz. Cognate with O.N. næstr, Du. naast next, O.H.G. nahisto … Etymology dictionary
nigh — (adv.) near, O.E. neah (W.Saxon), neh (Anglian), common Germanic (Cf. O.S. nah, O.Fris. nei, M.Du., Du. na, O.H.G. nah, Ger. nah, Goth. nehwa), with no cognates outside Germanic. The Old English progression was neah near niehsta, for nigh near… … Etymology dictionary
