/əˈnai/
OriginInherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.
- archaic, not-comparableNigh; near.
“The sun-flakes by multitudes lie, / Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned / On the floors of the forest engilt and embrowned / And reddened afar and anigh.”
- archaicNigh; near.
“Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.”
Formsanighst(alternative, obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary