Nigh
Nigh (nī) , adjective
[Old English nigh, neigh, neih, Anglo-Saxon neáh, nēh; akin to Dutch na, adv., Old Saxon nāh, a., Old High German nāh, German nah, a., nach to, after, Icelandic nā (in comp.) nigh, Gothic nēhw, nēhwa, adv., nigh. Compare Near, Neighbor, Next.]
1.
Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh.
2.
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Nigh kinsmen.
Ye... are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Nigh , adverb
[Anglo-Saxon neáh, nēh. See Nigh, a.]
1.
In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
He was sick, nigh unto death.
He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright,
Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
2.
Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
Nigh , verb, transitive and intransitive
To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obsolete] — Wyclif (Matt. iii. 2)
Nigh , preposition
Near to; not remote or distant from.
was not this nigh shore?