Fór-neáh

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fór-neán;

fór-neáh

ad prŏpe, fĕre, pæne, paulo mĭnus, circĭter :-- Fórneáh fĕre, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 50. Fórneáh oððe hwæt-hwega hí fordydon me on eorþan paulo mĭnus consummāvērunt me in terram, Ps. Lamb. 118, 87: 93, 17. Seó upastíhþ fórneán óþ ðone mónan it extends upwards very nearly to the moon, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 4; Lchdm. iii. 272, 18. Fórneán fĕre, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 45. Míne fórneán astyrode synt fét mei pæne mōti sunt pĕdes, Ps. Lamb. 72, 2. Fórneán þreó þusend circĭter tria millia, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 42, 43. for-neah

Related words: Very nearly, nigh, nearly, almost, about;