Middle English Dictionary Entry
n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | n n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The letter n of the alphabet, used to indicate an unspecified name of a person or place to be supplied by a speaker or reader; also, used to indicate an unspecified day; (b) the n-section of an alphabetized list; (c) a designation for the thirteenth item in an order; (d) as an initial of a name.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1178) in Stubbs Select Chart.216 : De placitis illorum N. de illo illud. ]
- [ (1212) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702)82 : Ita convenit inter N Ballivum Abbatis Sagiensis, et Osbernum Personam. ]
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)311/33 : We, N and N, sweryn on Goddis body, [etc.].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)155/28 : Þan seyth the Styward of the court to the lordes be name: N. of N., & nempneth first the moste noble.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)9/32 : Sche gan to brewyn & was on of þe grettest brewers in þe town N. a iij ȝer or iiij.
- a1450 Ordin.Nuns(2) (Vsp A.25)147/20,23,24 : I sister N., giffyn to god, I hete my stabilnes..befor god..in þis mynster, þat es set in þe wirchep of sant N., in þe presence of daym N. priores.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)129 : 'Ego baptizo te N. In nomine patris & filij & spiritus sancti. Amen'; Englysch or latyn whether me seyþ, Hyt suffyseth to the feyth.
- (1463-4) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.30 : Ye shul swere that ye shul be goode & trew vnto oure souereyne lorde, N, kinge of ingelonde, and to his heires kynges obeysante, and obedient vnto the mayre and to the ministres of this cite.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)16/527 : At vj of þe belle we gynne oure play In N. town.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)254/24 : Good men and woymen, suche day N. ȝe schull haue Seynt Matheus day.
- a1500 Form OMatrim.(Add 30506)6 : I N. take the N. to myn wedded wyf.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178b/a : Medicinez bygynnyng by N.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)100a-102b heads. : N.
c
- (1421) in Hist.Essays Tait211 : Inventarium librorum..N. Registrum papireum diversarum literarum.
d
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[introd.] 75b : After the Kalenderes of the reuerent clerkes, frere J. Somer and frere N. Lenne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 *Tit.Alphabet (Tit D.18)9a : Alphabetum Anglicum: m, em; n, en; o.
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