A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Nol, sb. the head, the neck, W, W2; noll, WA; nolle, PP.—­AS. hnoll, the top of the head.

Nolde, pt. s. would not, S; see Nelle.

NolleA3/4, 1 pr. pl. we desire not, S2; see Nelle.

Nombre, sb. number, C; nowmber, Cath.; nummer, S3.—­AF. numbre, noumbre; Lat. numerum (acc.).

Nombren, v. to number, PP; noumbren, W2; y-noumbred, pp., S3.—­AF. numbrer, noumbrer; Lat. numerare.

Nome, sb. pledge, hostage, S.—­AS. nAim, pledge seized (Schmid).  See Nymen.

Nome, sb. name, PP, S, S2; nam, S2; name, Voc.—­AS. nama (noma):  Goth. namo.

Nomeliche, adv. especially, S; nameiche, S2, C; namelich, P, S3; namely, PP.

Non, adj. no one, none, no, PP, S, S2; noon, C2; nan, S, S2; no, PP, S; na, S, S2, B; nane, B; nenne, acc., S. Comb.:  na kyn, of no kind, B; nakin, B; na kyn thing, in no degree, B, S2; na kyn wiss, no way, B; nan more, no more, S; na more, S, S2; na mare, S2; na mo, P; nammo, S2; no mo, C; na A3/4ing, nothing, not at all, S; no A3/4ing, S2; no whar, nowhere, S; no war, S; no hwer, S; nour, S2; nou hwider, no whither, S; no hwider, S; no wider wardes, in no direction, S; nones kunnes, of no kind, S; nones weis, in no way, S; nanes weis, S.—­AS. nAin.

None, sb. the hour of ‘none,’ i.e. the ninth hour, 3 p.m., also noon, mid-day, S, PP; nowne, S3; noyne, B; non, S, S2, PP; noon, PP; nones, pl., the noon-tide meal, PP. Comb.:  nun-mete, a noon meal, Prompt.; none-chenche, a noon-drinking, nunchA-on, SkD; noone-steede, place of noon, meridian, S3; non-tid, noon-tide, S.—­AS. nA cubedn; Lat. no*na (hora).

Nones, in phr. for A3/4e nones (for for A3/4en ones), i.e. for the once, for the nonce, for the occasion, S2, S3, C2; with the nones, on the condition, G. See Oones.

Nonne, sb. nun, S2, C, C2, P; nunne, PP.—­OF. nonne; Late Lat. nonna; cp.  AS. nunne, in the Laws (Schmid).

Nonnerie, sb. nunnery, S2.—­OF. nonnerie.

Noot, 1 and 3 pr. s. know not, knows not, C; see Not.

Noppe, sb. nap (of cloth), Prompt., Cath.

Noppe, v. to take the nap off, Cath.—­AS. hnoppian, see Voc.

Norice, sb. nurse, C, C2, SkD; nurice, SkD; nursche, W.—­AF. norice; Lat. nutricem.

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