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Highen vs Nighen - What's the difference?

highen | nighen |

As verbs the difference between highen and nighen

is that highen is to make high; heighten while nighen is to come near; approach.

highen

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (dialectal) To make high; heighten.

    • nighen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To come near; approach.
  • *1807 , George Burnett, Specimens of English prose-writers :
    • [...] with so horrible countenance, that no man dare not nighen towards him.
  • To bring near; appropriate.
  • *1886 , William Barnes, A glossary of the Dorset dialect :
    • If you take an apple from the table you (1) reach forth the hand to it, (2) you close your fingers on it, (3) you nighen or bring back your hand with it.