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† nehleche, v. Obs. Forms: 1 néa(h)lǽcan, néolécan, -lican, 2–3 neh(t)-, neih-, 3 ney(h)lechen; 2–3 neih-, neolachen, 3 nechleache. [OE. néa(h)lǽcan, f. néah nigh adv. + -lǽcan, a common verbal suffix related to lácan to move, play. In OE. the pa. tense is -lǽhte, -léhte, -lécte; in ME. it appears as -læhte, -le(c)hte, -leþte, -leyhte and -lechede.] intr. To approach, or draw near (to or toward a place or person).
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xiv. [xxv.] (1890) 60 Heo ferdon & nealehton to ðære ceastre. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 46 Heono neoleces seðe me seleð. 971Blickl. Hom. 39 Nu nealæceþ þæt we sceolan..ure wæstmas ᵹesamnian. c1175Lamb. Hom. 3 Þe helend nehlechede to-ward ierusalem. a1225Ancr. R. 60 Heo schekeð hire spere, & nehlecheð upon hire. c1275Wom. Samaria 6 in O.E. Misc. 84 He neyleyhte to one bureh þat hatte samarie. Hence † nehleching, -ung, approach. Obs.
c960æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Schröer) 135 Þridde cyn is ansetlena, þe..na[n]ra manna nealæcynge na underfoþ. c1000ælfric Hom I. 88 Ðaða he ᵹefredde his deaðes nealæcunge. a1225Ancr. R. 196 Ine wildernesse beoð alle wilde bestes, & nulleð nout iðolien monnes neihlechunge. |