nighed

And so this king came with Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time he nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind.

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

And whiles they spake the door of the castle was opened and there nighed them a mickle noise as of many that sat there at meat.

Ulysses 2003

Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time be nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind.

Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

And whiles they spake the door of the castle was opened and there nighed them a mickle noise as of many that sat there at meat.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

And so this king came with Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time be nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind.

Chapter III. The Fourteenth Book. How Sir Percivale Came into a Monastery, Where He Found King Evelake, Which Was an Old Man 1909

“The first battle nighed on the low Southern side; 65

Leipzig 1898

And upon a time he nighed it so nigh that our Lord was displeased with him.

Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries 1880

And so this king came with Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time he nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind.

Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 2 1470

Catholic verities, the primitive truths and practices of the Church of CHRIST, as sanctioned by GOD’s Word, we removed those incrustations of deadly error under which they were well-nighed buried...

The Little Professor: 2006

Catholic standing, and the great Catholic verities, the primitive truths and practices of the Church of CHRIST, as sanctioned by GOD’s Word, we removed those incrustations of deadly error under which they were well-nighed buried;

The Little Professor: 2006