An archaic or dialectal term meaning 'after this' or 'next,' used in very old texts or regional English.
From Old English 'here' (this) and 'nach' (after/next), a Germanic word formation. Appears rarely in Anglo-Saxon texts and dialectal English.
This word is so obscure that even major dictionaries barely mention it—it's the kind of word that appears once in a 900-year-old manuscript and then basically vanishes from English!
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