forneah

• fornēan

for- +‎ nēah

• IPA^(key): /forˈnæ͜ɑːx/

fornēah

1. almost
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

     Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.

• fulnēah

• Middle English: forneah, forneh
  • English: fornigh

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fórneáh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.