(a) At no time; (b) ~ after, never afterward; ~ ayen (eft), never again; ~ biforen (er, erest, toforen), never before; ~ sitthen, never since; ~ yet, never yet, never; (c) in emphatic adv. phrases: ~ (a) dai, ~ his (mi) lif, ~ in (on) world, ~ enes, never; (d) in adv. phrases with or:late or ~, after a long time or never; now or ~; selden or ~; unethe or ~, ?hardly ever or never.

(a) As an emphatic negative, esp. with witen v. (1), recchen v. (2), and imperatives: not at all, certainly not; (b) ~ so, with adj. or adv.: to whatever degree; extremely; ~ so muchel (mirie, hard, wel, etc.), no matter how much, however much, etc.; also, with noun: if he be ~ so mi fo, however great an enemy he may be to me; (c) ~ the, with comp. adj. or adv.: ~ the less (bolder, etc.), no less, not any less, no bolder, etc.; ~ the helder, none the more [see also helde adv.]; ~ the nerer, no nearer; ~ the rather, none the more, not at all; (d) in phrases: ~ man, no man, not any man; ~ a word, not a word; in (on) ~ a side, in no direction, not anywhere; ~ no man, no man at all; ~ non wis, not with any certainty at all; (e) ~ on (non), not one, none, nobody, nothing.

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In surname.