The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

• NE, an aduerbe, signifieng forbeading or dissuading. Tu ne cede malis, giue thou not place to aduersitie or mys∣aduentures. sometyme it is a coniunction copulatiue, and signifieth nor or. neyther. somtime rational, and signifieth wherfore. somtyme causal, & signifieth not. somtyme leste, also or not, whither. somtyme it is an interrogatiue. Ego ne? I trowest thou?
• Nea, an ile betwene Lemnos & Hellespont{us}.
• Necunde, nor from any place.
• Ne plura, ne multa, but to be short, what ne∣deth any longer tale, to make a short tale.
• Ne multis, in fewe wordes. Ne multis Dio∣genes emitur, In fewe wordes Diogenes is bought.
• Ne dicam, I wyll not saye.
• Nectere moras, to make delayes.
• Nec, nor. neque, nor. nequaquam, no.
• Necnon, and, or also.
• Nequicquam, in vayne, no or not.
• Ne viuā, I wold I lyued not. Ne viuā si tibi concedo, I wolde I lyued not, or I wold I shulde not liue, if I graunt that to the.
• Neutiquam, in no wyse.
• Nequaquam, no.
• Necubi, in no place.
• Nedum, not onely, somtyme nor yet, where the thynge of least estimation is put laste. Nedum, sygnifieth not onely, as Fundere pro te sanguinem, nedū pecuniam, I wolde spende for the not only my money, but al∣so my bloode. where the thinge of moost estimation is last put, it signifieth nor yet. Ne crederem tibi obulum, nedum vitā me∣am, I wyll not commytte my lyfe vnto thy credēce, nor yet lende the one halfepeny.
• Nec dum, nor yet.
• Neapolis, a citie called Naples.
• Neapolitanus, na, num, of Naples,
• Nebrides, feastes in the honour of Bacch{us}, also skinnes of dere wherwith they were clad which kept the ceremonies of Bacch{us}
• Nebrodes, an hyl in Sicile, where there is great plentie of falowe dere.
• Nebrundes, the stones of beastes.
• Nebula, a vapour or myst rysynge from the water, whiche eyther tourneth forthwith into a cloude, or shortly vanysheth.
• Nebularium, a house where corne is thres∣shed, or wynn owed in tyme of rayne.
• Nebulo, onis, a thefe, a knaue, a lewde per∣son, or vacabunde.
• Nebulosus, a, um, mysty.
• Necessarius, a kynnesman.
• Necessarius, a, ū, necessary, nedefull.
• Necesse uel necessū, of force, it must ned{is} be.
• Necessitas, tatis, nede, necessitie. sometime a bonde of frendship or kynrede.
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• ...Necessitudo, dinis, idem. also amitie.
• Necim, the olde writers vsed for nec cum, nor with.
• Necunquam, for necunquam aliquem.
• Necne, or not.
• Necum, in the olde Spanyshe tungue was the image of Mars, garnyshed with bea∣mes lyke the sonne, it also signyfied in la∣tyne mas, the male kynde.
• Necydalus, a sylke worme, whan he is yōge sprounge out of the sede.
• Neco, caui, care, vel necui, to slee.
• Neci datus, slayne without weapon, as with poyson, famyne, prisonement.
• Necromantes, a Necromancer, or caller vp of yll spirites.
• Necromantia, necromancy.
• Necromanticus, a necromancer.
• Nectar taris, the drinke of goddes, somtime it signifieth immortalitie.
• Nectareus, a, um, immortall, deuyne.
• Necto, nexui, nectere, to wynde or plat togi∣ther.
• Necubi, in no place.
• Necunde, from no place.
• Nefandus, da, dum, horrible, not to be spokē or named.
• Nefarius, a, um, cursed not worthy to lyue.
• Nefas, a cursed dede, a wycked thynge, ex∣ecrable, detestable.
• Nefasti dies, dayes whan it is not lefull.
• Nefrendes, pygges weaned, called shotes.
• Negabundus, he that denyeth.
• Negabundus, for negans, denyenge.
• Negatio, a denyer, a nay.
• Negatiuus, a, um, that whiche denyeth.
• Negito, tare, to denye.
• Negligo, glexi, gligere, to neglect, to haue lyttel regarde.
• Neglectus, tus, contempte.
• Neglectus, ta, tū, contemned not regarded.
• Negligentia, negligence.
• Negligens, tis, negligent.
• Negligenter, negligently, contemtuousely. dysdeynousely.
• Nego, aui, are, to deny, to refuse, to say not.
• Negocialis, le, perteynynge to denyenge.
• Negato esse ituram, say that she wyl not go.
• Negotior, aris, ari, to practyse marchaun∣dyse, to be occupied in businesse.
• Negotiosus, he that is moch occupied with businesse.
• Negociator, toris, a marchaunte, he that is busied in an other mans affaires.
• Negotialis, ale, perteynyng to businesse, oc∣cupation, or trouble.
• Negotium, remedye. Omnis res palam est, ne{que} vllum pol de hac re negotium est, quin male occidam, All the matter is knowen: therfore in this case in faith there is no re¦medy, but that I wyll kyll hym.
• Negotiosus, a, um, full of businesse, care, or trouble of mynde.
• Negotium dare, to gyue in charge.
• Negotium, businesse, occupation, somtyme trouble, care, or labour of mynde.
• Negotiorum curator, a factour or sollicitor in a mannes busynesse.
• Neleus, the father of duke Nestor, whiche was at the siege of Troye.
• Nem, was vsed of old writers for somtime, also for but, or excepte.
• Nemea, a greate wodde, where Hercules slewe an horrible lyon.
• Nemeaeus, of the wodde callyd Nemeae, whiche is in Grecia, not farre frome the citie of Argos.
• Nemesis, a goddesse, whiche was supposed to take vengeance on malefactours. some tyme it sygnifieth fortune, also iustyce, al∣so reproche.
• Nemartes, nymphes or maydens of the see.
• Ne my quidem, is applied to hym that dare not speke. Ne my quidem facere audet, He dare not ones mutte, or make coūtenance to speake.
• Nemo, no man, or none.
• Nemo non, some man.
• Nempe, is an aduerbe confyrming a thing. for bycause, surely, verily, sometyme for.
• Nemus, nemoris, a wod for pleasure, wher∣in deere or other beastes may fede.
• Nemoralis, et nemorensis, perteynynge to a woode.
• Neo, neui, nere, to spynne.
• Neogamus, newe maried.
• Neomenia, the fyrst day of the newe mone.
• Neophitus, a newe man, or a plante newely sproungen.
• Neoptholemus, is in englishe a new knight, It was also the name of Pirth{us} the sonne of Achilies.
• Neotericus, he that is nowe, or was of late tyme.
• Nepa, vel nepes, a scorpion.
• Nepenthes, a drynke or an herbe, whiche causeth a man to forgete heuynesse. Also the herbe called dorago.
• Nepeta, a citie of the countrey of Thuscane in Italy.
• Nephalia, feastes wherin no wyne was sa∣cryfysed or drunke, but onely mede, and they were called the feastes of sobre men.
• Nephele, a cloude, also the name of a wo∣manne, whiche was mother of Helles, who gaue the name to the see callydde Hellespontus.
• Nephritis, peyn in the raynes of the backe.
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• Nepita, an herbe called nepe, or calament.
• Nenum, was somtyme put for non.
• Nepos, otis, the sonne or doughters sonne, sometyme a waster of goodes, a riottouse person. Nepotes, do sometyme signify all the discent, whiche commeth after a mans sonnes or daughters.
• Nepotor, ari, to liue prodigally, or riotously.
• Nepotulus, a dimynutiue of Nepos. Meus Nepotulus, my lyttell sonne, or yonge son, from the fyrst discent.
• Nepotatus, tus, ryot, superfluous expenses.
• Neptis, the doughter of a mans sonne or doughter.
• Neptunus, callyd god of the see.
• Nepus, vncleane.
• Nequa, no where.
• Nequalia, detrimentes or harmes.
• Nequam, a noughty felowe, a manne to be nothinge estemed.
• Nequando, at no tyme.
• Nequaquam, in no wyse, not a whitte.
• Nequior, oris, Nequissimus, warse, warste of all.
• Nequiquam, in vayne, Nequicquam, not.
• Ne quid nimis, nothyng to to, that is to say, moche excedynge, or moche lackynge.
• Nequino, are, to be wanton, also to denie.
• Nequinū, a citie in Italy, now callid Narnia.
• Nequinunt, in the olde tyme they vsed for nequeunt, they may not.
• Ne quis, that no man.
• Nequiria, vnthriftynesse, lecherous, wan∣tonnes, vicious dalyaunce.
• Nequitus, & nequiter, vnthriftily.
• Nereides, nymphes or maidens of the see.
• Nereus, was called oone of the goddis of the see, and somtime it is put for the see.
• Nerio, enis, the wife of Mars, called god of battayle.
• Neritae, a certayne kynde of shelle fysshe. see Plinie.
• Neritos, vel Neritum, an yle or citie nyghe to Epirus, a countrey of Grece.
• Nerium promōtotium, Compostella, where saint Iames the apostelle lyeth. It is also a lyttell tree, hauyng leaues lyke to an al∣monde tree, but greatter and fatter.
• Nero, the name of an emperour, of a mon¦struous and cruell nature.
• Neruiae, harpe strynges, or lute stringes.
• Neruiceus, a, um, of synewes.
• Neruicus, he that hath pein in his sinewes.
• Neruij, people aboute Tournay.
• Nerulani, people by Rome.
• Nerulonenses, people in Campania.
• Nerulum, a towne in the countreye callyd Lucania.
• Neruosus, a, um, that whiche hath many si∣newes. It is somtyme taken for stronge.
• Neruus, a synewe, it signifieth sommetyme strength. Also stockes, wherin offenders be put. Nerui be also stringes of an instru∣ment. Sometyme it sygnifieth the priuye membre of a manne.
• Nesa, a countrey in Sicile, ioynynge to the hyll of Ethna, which alway sendeth forth flames of fyre or smoke.
• Nescio, sciui, scire, to not know, to be igno∣rant of a thynge.
• Nescius, he that dothe not knowe, or is not knowen.
• Nesium, uel Nes••s, an yle by Campania.
• Nesia, a nymphe or mayden of the see.
• Nessus, & Nesius, sonnes of Ixion the Cen∣taure.
• Nessotrophion, a place, where duckes are kepte to be made fatte.
• Nestor, oris, a Capytayne of the Grekes, which were at Troy, who lyued the ages of thre olde men, and in gyuynge counsell was excellent.
• Neu, for ne ue, nor yet.
• Neuceria, a citie of Vmbria, whyche is a parte of Italy.
• Ne ue, or not, or no.
• Ne unquam, in no wyse.
• Neuolo, I wyll not.
• Neuri, people of Scithia.
• Neurobatae, goers on cordes.
• Neuter, tra, trum, neutrius, none of them.
• Neutiquam, in no maner of wyse, in no con∣dicion.
• Neutralis, le, neutre, of no parte.
• Neutro, neyther on the one parte, nor the other.
• Neuus, a marke in the vysage or body of a manne or womanne, as a mole, a redde or blacke warte.
• Nex, necis, deathe by force.
• Nexilis, nexile, any thynge that may be knit.
• Nexo, as, & is, nexui, nexere, to knitte often.
• Nexus, a, um, knytte, bounden.
• Nexus, nexus, uel nexi, a bond, an obligation
• Nexi, free men, that do bynde theym selues to labour or seruyce, to be acquited of the dettes, whiche they owe.
• Nexus inire, to be bounde by oblygation or couenaunt. also to be wrapped in bondes, as is the commune sayenge.

Notes

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