nigh handadv.prep.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪ ˌhand/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪ ˌhænd/, Scottish English

/ˈnaɪ ˌhand/, Irish English

/ˈnaɪ ˌhænd/

Forms: see nigh adv. and hand n.; also English regional (midlands) 1800s– nind, 1800s– nynd, 1900s– nigh'd.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigh adv., hand n.

Etymology: < nigh adv. (and prep.) + hand n. Compare nearhand adv., prep., and adj.

Now chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern and midlands).

A. adv.

a. Near or close at hand; nearby.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase]

nigh handlOE

of (also from, in) nigh?c1225

at the gate1340

near at handa1400

nearhanda1400

nigh at handa1400

nigh byc1460

nearbyc1480

on the doorstep1957

on the (or one's) doorstep1957

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 Syðþan he bebyrged wæs, þa witan þe þa neh handa wæron, his broðer Heanrig to cynge gecuran.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Ancre þe naueð naut nech hont hire fode. beoð bisie twa wimmen.

a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 46 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 (MED) Nv he is neyh honde.

c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 348 (MED) An angel is neih honde [v.r. nyhond].

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4194 Men seyn over the wall stonde Grete engynes, who were nygh honde.

a1450 Castle of Love (Bodl. Add.) (1967) 442 (MED) Ther as werr is nyȝh honde.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vii. xx. sig. o.i^v His castel is here nyhe hand but two myle.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 2273 (MED) Fayne wold I wete if he were here nye hande.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Iviii^v They maye be welcome to good & fyne fare so nyghe hande at the hall.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 332 They of this towne..fled vnto the mountaines that were nighest hande.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xli. 101 The shocke made..woods and mountaines all nie-hand resound.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 566 Amongst innumerable Starrs, that shon Stars distant, but nigh hand seemd other Worlds.

1755 N. Owen Jrnl. in E. Martin Jrnl. Slave-dealer (1930) 52 Any white man that neigh hand, he is obliged to send some small matter to shew he's consern'd.

1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent p. xxviii There was no house to see any where nigh hand, or any building, or barn, or place at all.

1847 J. K. Paulding Bucktails iv. iv, in Amer. Comedies 69 We're nigh hand, now—This way, ladies—here's the path—hem!

1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 80 I shan't forget it till I die, but that's nigh hand now, I'm assured.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 270/2 [West Yorkshire] Nigh-hand [near, hard by].

1908 C. M. Doughty Adam Cast Forth iii. 51 And lo nigh hand, His Mercy of the rain, A pool.

2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 21 Nov. Some of the phrases [of ‘pitmatic’] they explained were: Nigh hand gannin—nearby [etc.].

b. With to.

ΚΠ

1806 H. H. Brackenridge Cincinnatus in Gaz. Publications 219 Like catastrophe is nigh hand To him that combats with opinion That is once fixed and has dominion.

1820 Trials for High Treason (1825) I. 166 They were all standing, pretty nigh-hand to one another.

1856 U.S. Democratic Rev. July 539 My client just mashed his head with a stretcher that lay nigh-hand to him.

1909 A. H. Cocks 3rd Contrib. Bucks. Vocab. in Rec. Bucks. 9 154 He lives nigh hand to the turning.

2. Almost, nearly.Formerly also with †upon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly

nigheOE

well-nigheOE

forneanc1000

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh handa1375

nigh handsa1375

as good asc1390

into (right) littlea1413

unto litea1420

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

near handsa1500

as near as1517

mosta1538

next door1542

wellmost1548

all but1590

anewst1590

uneath1590

next to1611

nearlya1616

thereaboutsa1616

welly1615

thereabout1664

within (an) ames-ace ofa1670

anear1675

pretty much1682

three parts1711

newsta1728

only not1779

partly1781

in all but name1824

just about1836

nentes1854

near1855

nar1859

just1860

not-quite1870

nearabouta1878

effectively1884

nigh on1887

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] > nearly (an amount)

nigh thana1200

on (also upon) the point ofc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

nigh hand1548

fast upon1583

nigh upon1632

near on (also upon)1651

nothing short of1838

nigh but1854

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1494 (MED) He þan swoned for sorwe & swelt neiȝhonde.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 174 Here londe is yclosede alle aboute nyȝe honde with wodes and mounteynes.

a1475 Friar & Boy (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 59 (MED) My lyff is ny-hand loste.

a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 1591 In poynte had he nevir bene So nyghe hande for to haue be slayne.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxiii^v All the peisantz..nye hand to the nomber of vii. or viii. score.

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 38 I had nigh-hand ouer-skipped the learned allegation in the margine.

1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido ii. i Orecome With griefe, fell sicke nigh hand to death.

1730 J. Mottley Widow Bewitch'd iv. i How long has he been dead?.. I believe it is nigh hand upon two Years and a half.

1823 A. Allan New Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 48 See 'tis nigh hand night, The western clouds shine red with setting light.

1837 S. Lover Rory O'More (1838) iii. iv. 51 I'll be proud to see you, sir, and indeed the Collecthor too, though he nigh hand cost me my life.

1865 J. Young Homely Pictures in Verse 11 Owre [her] deep furrowed broo Hae sped, nigh-haun, four-score-an'-ten O' towmonts auld and new.

1877 E. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 100/2 It's noo nigh-hand upo' three year sin Ah com tĭ this hoos.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Great North Road iii, in Wks. (1923–7) You haven't kept a good heart these seventy years, nigh hand, to break down about a pound or two.

1902 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 270/2 It was neegh-hand Whitsuntide.

1914 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Sc. Stories 62 The roads..were no nigh hand so richly metalled in thae days.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/2 Nigh hand,..nearly.

3. English regional (chiefly midlands). Possibly, probably; in all likelihood.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb]

welleOE

lightly1395

likely1395

likinglyc1395

by (also of) likeliheadc1405

by (also of) likelinessc1405

by all (also most) likelihood1427

provably1460

of (all) likelihood1491

belike?1531

like1548

belikelya1551

in (all) likelihood1570

probably1600

by (also in) probabilitya1602

in (also by) all probability1617

presumably1658

prob.1730

nigh hand1848

predictably1914

prolly1922

odds-on1976

1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 61 ‘He'll nighhand come to night.’ ‘You are going to reap to-day?’ ‘Aye! nigh-hand.’ ‘You'll nigh-hand go by Train?’ ‘I nigh-hand shall.’

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 136 He'll nigh-hand come.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 200 Nigh-hand, most likely, probably. ‘Are you going to reap today?’ ‘Ah, noigh-'and.’ ‘Yo'll noigh-'and goo by treen?’ i.e. by train. ‘Ah noigh-'and shall.’

1888 Notes & Queries 28 July 66/1 Nynd I shall, nynd I shan't.

1908 Notes & Queries 4 Jan. 6/2 The ‘N.E.D.’ is not a dialect dictionary, but I should have thought some notice would be taken of so common a localism as the use of ‘nigh hand’ (nigh'd in Leicestershire) in the sense of probably, or surely.

B. prep.

Near, close to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition]

nighOE

anentOE

atOE

yhendeOE

anewstc1275

nigh handa1300

neara1325

narc1325

againstc1384

nearhanda1400

towardc1400

towards?1447

nearhand?c1450

nearbyc1485

anear1532

anigh1583

under or in the shadow of1853

a1300 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 142 (MED) Þe dom is vs neyh hende [rhyme ende, wende, sende].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12863 (MED) Sant Ihon neghand [a1400 Trin. Cambr. ny honde; a1400 Fairf. nerehand] him stode.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 161 (MED) R. rode stilly neihand þe Emperour.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 951 He had them sett Nyhand the town.

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xv. 23 I never troubled him, putting the question to him again, but just set the spirits nigh-hand him, and away with me here.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. iv. 96 So forward, Bon Bec, for my life is not sure nigh hand this town.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 131 He came nigh-hand fainting, doctor, when he heard the cry.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words He nivver com nigh-hand us.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 86/1 Ye'll finnd t'haarrers nighhand t'far' yat.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/2 They live nigh hand us.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigh hand
释义	nigh handadv.prep. Brit. /ˈnʌɪ ˌhand/, U.S. /ˈnaɪ ˌhænd/, Scottish English /ˈnaɪ ˌhand/, Irish English /ˈnaɪ ˌhænd/ Forms: see nigh adv. and hand n.; also English regional (midlands) 1800s– nind, 1800s– nynd, 1900s– nigh'd. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigh adv., hand n. Etymology: < nigh adv. (and prep.) + hand n. Compare nearhand adv., prep., and adj. Now chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern and midlands). A. adv. 1. a. Near or close at hand; nearby. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] nigh handlOE of (also from, in) nigh?c1225 at the gate1340 near at handa1400 nearhanda1400 nigh at handa1400 nigh byc1460 nearbyc1480 on the doorstep1957 on the (or one's) doorstep1957 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 Syðþan he bebyrged wæs, þa witan þe þa neh handa wæron, his broðer Heanrig to cynge gecuran. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Ancre þe naueð naut nech hont hire fode. beoð bisie twa wimmen. a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 46 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 (MED) Nv he is neyh honde. c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 348 (MED) An angel is neih honde [v.r. nyhond]. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4194 Men seyn over the wall stonde Grete engynes, who were nygh honde. a1450 Castle of Love (Bodl. Add.) (1967) 442 (MED) Ther as werr is nyȝh honde. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) vii. xx. sig. o.i^v His castel is here nyhe hand but two myle. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 2273 (MED) Fayne wold I wete if he were here nye hande. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Iviii^v They maye be welcome to good & fyne fare so nyghe hande at the hall. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 332 They of this towne..fled vnto the mountaines that were nighest hande. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xli. 101 The shocke made..woods and mountaines all nie-hand resound. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 566 Amongst innumerable Starrs, that shon Stars distant, but nigh hand seemd other Worlds. View more context for this quotation 1755 N. Owen Jrnl. in E. Martin Jrnl. Slave-dealer (1930) 52 Any white man that neigh hand, he is obliged to send some small matter to shew he's consern'd. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent p. xxviii There was no house to see any where nigh hand, or any building, or barn, or place at all. 1847 J. K. Paulding Bucktails iv. iv, in Amer. Comedies 69 We're nigh hand, now—This way, ladies—here's the path—hem! 1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 80 I shan't forget it till I die, but that's nigh hand now, I'm assured. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 270/2 [West Yorkshire] Nigh-hand [near, hard by]. 1908 C. M. Doughty Adam Cast Forth iii. 51 And lo nigh hand, His Mercy of the rain, A pool. 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Electronic ed.) 21 Nov. Some of the phrases [of ‘pitmatic’] they explained were: Nigh hand gannin—nearby [etc.]. b. With to. ΚΠ 1806 H. H. Brackenridge Cincinnatus in Gaz. Publications 219 Like catastrophe is nigh hand To him that combats with opinion That is once fixed and has dominion. 1820 Trials for High Treason (1825) I. 166 They were all standing, pretty nigh-hand to one another. 1856 U.S. Democratic Rev. July 539 My client just mashed his head with a stretcher that lay nigh-hand to him. 1909 A. H. Cocks 3rd Contrib. Bucks. Vocab. in Rec. Bucks. 9 154 He lives nigh hand to the turning. 2. Almost, nearly.Formerly also with †upon. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] > nearly (an amount) nigh thana1200 on (also upon) the point ofc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 nigh hand1548 fast upon1583 nigh upon1632 near on (also upon)1651 nothing short of1838 nigh but1854 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1494 (MED) He þan swoned for sorwe & swelt neiȝhonde. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 174 Here londe is yclosede alle aboute nyȝe honde with wodes and mounteynes. a1475 Friar & Boy (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 59 (MED) My lyff is ny-hand loste. a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) 1591 In poynte had he nevir bene So nyghe hande for to haue be slayne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxiii^v All the peisantz..nye hand to the nomber of vii. or viii. score. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 38 I had nigh-hand ouer-skipped the learned allegation in the margine. 1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido ii. i Orecome With griefe, fell sicke nigh hand to death. 1730 J. Mottley Widow Bewitch'd iv. i How long has he been dead?.. I believe it is nigh hand upon two Years and a half. 1823 A. Allan New Gentle Shepherd iv. i. 48 See 'tis nigh hand night, The western clouds shine red with setting light. 1837 S. Lover Rory O'More (1838) iii. iv. 51 I'll be proud to see you, sir, and indeed the Collecthor too, though he nigh hand cost me my life. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures in Verse 11 Owre [her] deep furrowed broo Hae sped, nigh-haun, four-score-an'-ten O' towmonts auld and new. 1877 E. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 100/2 It's noo nigh-hand upo' three year sin Ah com tĭ this hoos. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Great North Road iii, in Wks. (1923–7) You haven't kept a good heart these seventy years, nigh hand, to break down about a pound or two. 1902 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 270/2 It was neegh-hand Whitsuntide. 1914 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Sc. Stories 62 The roads..were no nigh hand so richly metalled in thae days. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/2 Nigh hand,..nearly. 3. English regional (chiefly midlands). Possibly, probably; in all likelihood. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] welleOE lightly1395 likely1395 likinglyc1395 by (also of) likeliheadc1405 by (also of) likelinessc1405 by all (also most) likelihood1427 provably1460 of (all) likelihood1491 belike?1531 like1548 belikelya1551 in (all) likelihood1570 probably1600 by (also in) probabilitya1602 in (also by) all probability1617 presumably1658 prob.1730 nigh hand1848 predictably1914 prolly1922 odds-on1976 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 61 ‘He'll nighhand come to night.’ ‘You are going to reap to-day?’ ‘Aye! nigh-hand.’ ‘You'll nigh-hand go by Train?’ ‘I nigh-hand shall.’ 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 136 He'll nigh-hand come. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 200 Nigh-hand, most likely, probably. ‘Are you going to reap today?’ ‘Ah, noigh-'and.’ ‘Yo'll noigh-'and goo by treen?’ i.e. by train. ‘Ah noigh-'and shall.’ 1888 Notes & Queries 28 July 66/1 Nynd I shall, nynd I shan't. 1908 Notes & Queries 4 Jan. 6/2 The ‘N.E.D.’ is not a dialect dictionary, but I should have thought some notice would be taken of so common a localism as the use of ‘nigh hand’ (nigh'd in Leicestershire) in the sense of probably, or surely. B. prep. Near, close to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] nighOE anentOE atOE yhendeOE anewstc1275 nigh handa1300 neara1325 narc1325 againstc1384 nearhanda1400 towardc1400 towards?1447 nearhand?c1450 nearbyc1485 anear1532 anigh1583 under or in the shadow of1853 a1300 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 142 (MED) Þe dom is vs neyh hende [rhyme ende, wende, sende]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12863 (MED) Sant Ihon neghand [a1400 Trin. Cambr. ny honde; a1400 Fairf. nerehand] him stode. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 161 (MED) R. rode stilly neihand þe Emperour. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 951 He had them sett Nyhand the town. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xv. 23 I never troubled him, putting the question to him again, but just set the spirits nigh-hand him, and away with me here. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. iv. 96 So forward, Bon Bec, for my life is not sure nigh hand this town. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 131 He came nigh-hand fainting, doctor, when he heard the cry. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words He nivver com nigh-hand us. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 86/1 Ye'll finnd t'haarrers nighhand t'far' yat. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 235/2 They live nigh hand us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.prep.lOE
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