therenigh

English

Etymology

From Middle English ther nygh, therny, þere-neiȝh, þerneȝ, þernegh, þare-neiȝ, from Old English þǣr nēah, equivalent to there +‎ nigh. Cognate with West Frisian dêrnei (“thereafter”), Dutch daarna (“afterwards”), German danach (“afterwards, thereafter”).

Adverb

therenigh (not comparable)

1. Near that (person, place, thing, etc.); near it
   • 1901, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 2, page 9:

     The stream passed through the midst of the monastery and therenigh sat ten damsels like moons, high-bosomed maids, clad in dresses and ornaments that dazzled the eyes, as says of them the poet: […]

   • 2013, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron:

     Rinaldo, left in his shirt and barefoot, it being very cold and snowing hard, knew not what to do and seeing the night already at hand, looked about him, trembling and chattering the while with his teeth, if there were any shelter to be seen therenigh, where he might pass the night […]

Translations

near it

• Icelandic: þar hjá, hjá (honum/henni/því)