Middle English Dictionary Entry
nō-gāte adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nō-gāte adv. |
| Etymology | From nō adj. & gāte n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ne-gāte adv.
1.
In no way or manner, not at all.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6204 : He suld wene þam luk in þare Þat þai might nagat forþer mare.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22427 : Bot i mai nagat bot i mene Þaa cruel dais and þaa kene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25330 : If..þou þi mode mai nagat meke, Better es þan to sai it noght.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)12900 : Might it nogat þe wit slipp Þat he self said of þi worschipp.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)148 : Þai say apertely It was noȝt so nogate.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Hrl 4196)1071 : Nogate luke þou go hethen Till fourty days be past.
- ?c1450 Nicod.(1) (Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.25)1087 : He may noght leue ogayne nagate.