Neáh-freónd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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neáh-freónd

m. A near friend or relation :-- Ðǽr wæs mycel menigo manna gegaderod his mága and eác óðra his néhfreónda, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 56, 22. [Icel. ná-frændi a near kinsman.] neah-freond