Middle English Dictionary Entry
ne conj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ne conj.(2) Also ni, nen, non. |
| Etymology | From ne conj.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)74 : Þi body is scort, þi swere is smal, Gretture is þin heued ne þu al.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)141/22 : He ne is neuremo weri ne þe zonne þet god let and brengþ uorþ.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)32/551 : Hit is þe manere wiþ sum oþer knyhte for his lemmon to fyþte er ne he eny wyf take.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)268a/a : Here [serpent's] venyme is more greuous by day ne [L quam] by nighte.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1584 : Hurre was leuer to here mayteynesse & masse..Nen to be duchas.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1724 : Etheldrede..nomore ryȝt hadde þerto by ony lawe Non hadde he þat nas not of þat lynage.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4140 : And of hurre hurt he toke nomore hede Ny þaw he hadde y-hade no harme.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)250 : No better lyf þer nas, Ny no-thyng more plesyngur to goddus wylle Non to kepe hem-self for goddus sake maydenus clene.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)909 : Murgure ny leyȝttur neuer y nas Nen ycham here now.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Added early quots. from Owl & N. and Horn at the suggestion of Rolf Bremmer and Stephen Laker, "Earliest Middle English 'Ne' 'Than'," Notes & Queries 52.2 (2005), 163-164.