Middle English Dictionary Entry
nē̆ver-mō adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nē̆ver-mō adv. |
| Etymology | From nē̆ver adv. & mō adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) No longer, not any more; never again; ~ ayen, ~ eft, never again; (b) at no time, never, not at all.
Associated quotations
a
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1129 : Se þe þat ne wolden done forgede his circe & his hus & his ham & nefra ma nan clepunge þær to na hafde mare.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Þe biscop of Wincestre..suor heom athas ðæt he neure ma mid te king his brother wolde halden.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4206 : He beoþ..clennsedd..swa wel..Þatt næfre ma ne shall he ben..filedd.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)93/10 : Ic habbe ifolȝed his iwill eaure to longe; swo ne scall ic næure mo eft.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)113/14 : Ne mai he [Adam] nauere mo aȝean cumen?
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)15 : Him ne wende hi neuere mo Eft to sen.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)511 : Yif y late him liues go..Grith ne get y neuere mo.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1346 : Arcite is exiled..Ne neuere mo he shal his lady see.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.859 : What wol my deere herte seyn to me, Which that I drede nevere mo to see?
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1563 : Upon hire begat he children two, And drogh his sayl, and saw hir nevere mo.
- a1450 SLeg.Barlaam (Bod 779)1052 : He ne say sonne ne mone neuer mo.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)26/316 : In helle logge þou xalt be loky And nevyr mo lacche lyff.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)123/14 : Se ðe her godes mildsce ne beȝett, ne wurð hie him naure mo ealles hwer.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)63/166 : He..fereð in to helle mid eche wa; ut ne cumeð he nefre ma.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)93/197 : Þeyh his eyhte him a-go, his wit ne a-goþ hym neuer-mo.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)145 : Her nis hounger neuermo, Ne non oþer kunnes wo.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)424 : While ihc mai go, I ne schal þe failli neure mo.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.104 : King thu woldest beo in his stede; thu ne worst nevermo.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)17/451 : His soule prente takeþ And þat hi nefermo for-lest.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.228 : Thise corones..Fro Paradys..neuere mo ne shal they roten be.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.640 : What so falle..That thoght foryete I neveremo.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1099 : Allas..It wol nat ben amended neuere mo.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1676 : Ther nys noon so greet felicitee In mariage ne neuere mo shal be.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.675 : I shal nevere mo discoveren the.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.824 : She sobre was..Ne nevere mo ne lakked hire pite.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)775 : The tymbres up ful sotilly They caste..That they failide never mo.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.1.58 : The vices ben neveremo withouten peyne.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.31.4 : The sonne arisith nevere moo verrey est in oure orisonte.
- a1450 SLeg.Barlaam (Bod 779)1079 : Þou ne schalt neuer mo to þy laue torne me.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1926 : Ever mo..This queynte hous aboute wente, That never mo hyt stille stente.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2722 : That is a place of grete distres..Of paynes þer is neuere moo lys.