fornigh.
Very near
Meaning & usage
Very near
Very nearly; almost.
It'll be fornigh ten 'ear sin then'
Where this word comes from
From Middle English forneh, forneah, from Old English fornēah (“very nearly, almost, about”), equivalent to for- + nigh. Compare similarly formed German beinah, Dutch bijna, both meaning “almost”.
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