NiA deg., sb. envy, malice, S. Der.:  niA deg.ful, envious, S; nyA3/4ful, S.—­AS. nA-A deg.; cp.  Goth. neith.

NiA deg.en, v. to envy, SD.—­Icel. nA-A deg.a, to revile.

NiA deg.er, adv. below, S; adj. comp., lower, S; neA deg.er, S; nethir, B; neA deg.ement, superl., lowest, SD. Der.: neA deg.erward, downwards, SD.—­AS. niA deg.er, nioA deg.or, downward, neoA deg.era, lower, nether, SkD.

NiA deg.er-wenden, v. to go down, S.

NiA deg.ing, sb. a coward, a niggard, S; nything, PP.—­AS. nA-A deg.ing, a coward, outlaw; cp.  Icel. nA-A deg.ingr.

Niuelen, v. to snivel, S; nyuelen, PP.—­Cp.  OF. nifler (Cotg.).  See Nifle.

Niwe, adj. new, S2; see Newe.

Ni3*en, num. nine, S; see Nyne.

No, adv. and conj. not, nor, no, S, S2, SkD, B, HD; na, S, S2, B. Comb.:  no but, except, unless, S2, W; no A3/4e les, not the less, nevertheless, S; na A3/4e les, S, S2; neoA3/4eles, S; ne the les, W; na A3/4e mo, none the more, S2; na war, were it not for, but for, S2, B.—­AS. nAi (= ne + Ai).

Noble, adj. noble, WA; nobylle, Cath.; nobliche, adv., nobly, S2; nobilly, Cath.—­AF. noble; Lat. nobilem.

Noble, sb. noble, a coin so called worth 6_s_. 8_d_., S3, C3, P, WA.—­Cp.  Late Lat. nobile (Ducange).

Noblen, v. to ennoble, C3.

Noblesse, sb. nobility, worthy behaviour, S2, C3; magnificence, honour, C2.—­F. noblesse; OF. noblesce; Late Lat. nobilitia.

Noblete, sb. nobleness, richness, S2.—­OF. noblete (Bartsch); Lat. nobilitatem.

Nobley, sb. splendour, grandeur, dignity, nobility, assembly of nobles, C3, HD; nobleye, S2, C2; noblay, H, B, WA; nobelay, HD; nobillay, B.—­AF. noblei; Late Lat. nobletum; cp.  OF. noblet (Bartsch).

Nodle, sb. noddle, head, Prompt.; nodyl, Prompt.; noddle, Sh.

Noff, for Ne off, nor of, S.

Nok, sb. nook, corner, piece, SD; nuk, B; nwk, B; noke, WA, HD. Comb.:  ferA3/4yng noke, a piece of a farthing, S2; nook-shotten, spawned in a corner, Sh.

Noke, in phr.:  atte noke= atten oke, at the oak, S2.  See Ook.

Nokke, sb. nock, notch, Prompt. Comb.:  nocke of a bow, oche de l’arc, Palsg.