Middle English Dictionary Entry
nōn-mōr(e pron., adj., adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nōn-mōr(e pron., adj., adv. Also nammor(e, nummor(e. |
| Etymology | From nōn adj., adv. & mōr(e n.(3), adj., adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
As pron.: no one else; no one greater; nothing more, nothing further, nothing else; -- also, in elliptical constructions: no greater wind, no larger field, etc.; no more efficacious tree.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1118 : On þison geare..wæs swa swiðe ungemetlice mycel wind, þat nan man þe þa lifode nænne maran ne gemunde.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1132 : Þa he nan mor ne mihte, þa uuolde he ðat his nefe sculde ben abbot in Burch.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Þe uurecce men ne hadden nan more to gyuen.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)2/35 : Ne mot he of þære molde habben nammore Þonne þet rihte imet..tæcheþ.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)131 : Of alle þe bernes þe ben boren of wifes bosem, nis non more þenne iohan þe fulcnere.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)110/25 : Nullich of bonen siggen her nam more [Corp-C: namare].
- a1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)12 : Ho iseien one sterre scinen; ne seien ho neuer none more.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)531 : Noþing..ne dute ʒe; Ne dute ʒe nammore wiþalle, Þat hit were to me bifalle.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1826 : I nelle eou schewen at þusse time Non more in prose ne in rime.
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)197 : Þo comen heo into a wid feld; non more ne miʒte beo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3334 : A met..Ilc man is he bead, and nummor, Him gaderen or ðe sunne-sine.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)40/884 : He segh þe child so queinte of lore, He wolde techen him nammore.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)262/2 : Þeruore ich nelle non more zigge, ac hier ich wille endi mine matire.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)270/1 : Nammore ne is be-tuene ane manne and ane beste bote ine onderstondynge.
- c1375(?c1280) SLeg.Advent,etc.(Eg 1993)105/1042 : Þo heo comen in to egipt, in here wey stod a treo Þat of gret vertue was; non more ne miʒte beo.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 8.60 : Þe lord, he is a god, & þer is non more [Corp-O: is noon more; WB(2): noon is ouer; vr. noon other is; L non est ultra] with oute hym.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.11.11 : Trewly..ther roose noon more [vr. none roose gretter; L non surrexit..maior] than Joon Baptist amonge children of wommen.
2.
As adj.: (a) no further; (b) no greater.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)656 : Heore picheres weren to broke Þat huy ne mouwen don nonmore note.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)156 : Vpe þe plein of salesbury þat oþer wonder is, Þat ston heng is icluped; non more wonder nis.
3.
As adv.: (a) ~ than, to no greater degree or extent than; no more readily than; (b) no longer; (c) not again, never again; (d) not afterward.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)69/6 : For þui he bed welle of teares to his eien, ðet heo ne adruweden nammore þen welle.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)173/1 : Ʒe owen uor te unnen þet no word ne kome of ou, nammore [Corp-C: ne mare; Tit: na mare] þen of deade.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)27/3 : Þe enuious ne may ysy þet guod of oþren nanmore [Vices & V.(2): no more] þanne þe oule..þe briʒtnesse of þe zonne.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)246/8 : Hi ne moʒe no þing yuele nanmore þanne þe zike uint smak ine þe guode mete.
b
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)140 : Lef on him ant be is wif; no þoele þou so nanmore.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)208 : Seke we ure liues fod, ðat we ben siker ðere, So ðis wirm in winter is ðan ge ne tileð nummore.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)192 : He ne miʒte libbe non-more.
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)234 : Þe Aumperesse nolde hele hire stat lengore þo nam-more.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1047 : Durste abraham freinen nummor Oc wente agen wið herte sor.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1420 : For scrið ne mede ne wold he ðor Ouer on nigt drechen nummor.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1813 : Sal tu nummor Ben cald iacob so ðu wore or.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4234 : He vemde & grunte & stod aʒen, as it were a strong bor, Þat euere wole aʒen þe stroc vor te he ne may nammor.
- a1450 As I me ros (Sln 2593)p.49 : Do wey, moder, and wepe non more.
c
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)455 : Ðe sipes sinken mitte suk; ne cumen he nummor up.
- c1300 SLeg.Cuth.(LdMisc 108)18 : Ʒif we þe habbez ouʒt mis-don, we ne schullen none more.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1117 : We schulle a wei driue eou i fere Þat ʒe ne schullen non more come here.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2208 : Þe romeins beþ anud of hor trauail so sore, Of peril a se & eke a lond, þat hii nolleþ come here nanmore.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7823 : He..bihet, ʒif he moste libbe, þat he nolde misdo nammore.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)414 : Cum nam-more in mi purpris.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201)p.177 : Þo þe kyng hem adde afayted so, þat hyi ne kepte nanmore hym mete.
d
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)49/7 : Vor huanne þe man heþ uelaʒrede myd enye wyfmane, he ne may nanmore [Vices & V.(2): not after þat] be spuoshod [read: spoushod] habbe none of hire kenne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.50.27 : Two folkis hatiþ my soule; þe þridde forsoþe is, þat noon more folc I shulde haten.
Note: Additional quote(s)--per HWK