Neán. i

According to the Old English Dictionary:

neán. I

add: I a. of time, from a time near at hand. v. feorran :-- Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán (some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7. III. add :-- Míne neán ástyred fét, neán ágoten stæpas míne mei pene moti sunt pedes, pene effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 2. -nean,nean