Middle English Dictionary Entry
nōn-ọ̄ther pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | nōn-ọ̄ther pron. Also nenne othrenne & (with mistaken division) no nother, na nother, etc. |
| Etymology | From nōn adj. & ọ̄ther. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) No additional person(s; no one else, no others; ~ swich, no other such person; (b) nothing further, nothing more; (c) nothing different, nothing else, no other course; ~ ac (but), nothing else but, no other course but; ~ but (that), ~ but that, nothing else but that; (d) in elliptical constructions: no other such person, thing, place, etc., as that previously specified; no other brother (life, sacrifice, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1066 : He dyde swa mycel to gode into þat mynstre of Burh..swa nefre nan oðre ne dyde toforen him ne nan æfter him.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)66/14 : Þe Fæder nis na of nanum oðrum.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)82/24 : Nan oðer nis mihtiȝræ þonne he, ne forðon him ilic.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7668 : Affter þatt tatt he wass dæd, Ne toc ȝho wiþþ nan oþerr, Acc ledde siþþenn widdwe lif.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/6 : He is iwis innocens, þat is, uneilinde, þe nauerȝete him seluen ne eilede ne nan oððer.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)12/27 : Þe feondes..walden..me..awarpen; ah swa ne schulen ha neuer me, ne nan oðer þet ariht luuieð þe.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)491 : Nou schal swete Florice misse; Schal non oþer of me haue blisse.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)237/26 : Ilke þet is uoul ne may nenne oþrenne klensy.
- a1350(?c1280) SLeg.Concep.Virg.(Ashm 43)137 : Me one þu makes Joie les; Ine seo non oþer so.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 3.18 : Wee weren to gidere & noon oþer with vs in þe hous out taken vs two.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.25/88 : The comunes..shulde chese the forseyde John Norhampton to be mair & non other.
- (1384) Procl.Brembre in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk H)33/22 : No denzeins ne non other ne bigge no manere fissh ne other vitailles for to selle a-yen for-to ten of the clokke.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)8b/a : Þe fadir comeþ of none oþir [L nullo].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18142 : Þe blis-ful kyng, þis es þat ilk, For þar mai be nanoþer suilk.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)9.110 : He was long & lene, lyk to non oþer.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)18/1 : Þou ne noon oþer schuld excuse him bi pouert fro biggynge of þis boke.
- (1423-24) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)291 : No commissioun be made to the kepers of the Kynges hors bi the Kyng ne bi Shireve ne by none other.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2403 : Þar sal none oþer lig hir by Bot naked herlotes and lowsy.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1095 : Artow for hire and for noon other born?
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)46/6 : Haly write cummandis þat þu sal do to na noþir bot als þu walde man did to þe.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)5/25 : Þi hele & þi socour ariseþ of me, ȝhe, & of noon oþer.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)561 : Thei founde the lettris as thei hem lefft, And thereby wist thei there come none othir That her writinge did enpere.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)251/5 : For gude serves & trew at he had done hur, sho sulde do vnto hym þat sho did neuer vnto no noder.
- (1474) Paston (EETS)1.481 : I am nott happy to wow, nowther for my-selff nere noon othere.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xxxvii/7 : Thu thi sone hast to the deth be-take, That the offended neuere..Ne to non othere dide he harm.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)238 : For sich a certeyn man syker wold y trosten..and turne to none oþer.
b
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4239 : And he was callyd..Menolippus; I can non other telle.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)17.107 : Thow gest non other Of Me.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1683 : Bede I na nothire.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1585 : Then was ther no nother to say.
c
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)30/13 : Heo nan oðer nyston buton heo alle forbeornæn scolden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9105 : He nan oðer seolden don.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)20/167 : Nullich þe nan oðer don bute ȝef þu liðe ant leue min lare.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)534 : Ne canne ðan non oðer oc remeð mid his broðer.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1679 : Seþþe no noþer nel be but nedes to wende.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2092 : Þai durste non oþer do but dede hem on gate, & souȝte him wiþ sore hertes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.28.17 : Here is nonoþer [L non..aliud] bot þe house of god.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1182 : Ech man for hymself, ther is noon oother.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)336 : Seþ þow wylt noon other doo, Al þat þe nedeþ we shul þe fynde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4147 : Ruben sagh þair was nanoþer Bot algat for to sla þer broþer.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.99 : Do euele & haue euele, & hope þou non oþer Þat aftir þi deþ day to helle..shalt þou wende.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.302 : What he lerned ȝow in lente leue þow none other.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)742 : Schalt þow schortly al schende and schape non oþer?
- c1410 Chaucer CT.WB.(Hrl 7334)D.368 : Ben þer noon oþer of þy resemblaunces Þat ȝe may liken ȝoure parables vnto But if a cely wyf be oon of þo?
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1951 : Than wol al Grece preise and magnyfie ȝoure hegh renoun and may sey non other But ȝe han quytt ȝou Iustly to ȝour brother.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)31/16 : Here proper werkyng is to turne her wheel a bowte; Ȝif þou climbe on þis wheel, loke affter non oþur.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)116 : That higthe Eson, he het non other.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)14/108 : Hit nedus no noder to do.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4303 : Graythe vs to Glaschenbery, vs gaynes non oþer.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)245/8 : It was no noder to giff to mynstrals bod for to offyr to fendis.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)56/160 : Sey non other than trowth is.
- (1476) Paston (EETS)1.602 : I vndyrstand non other but that all folkys here be ryght well dysposyd towardys that mater.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)88/4 : I dyd none other but as I wold ye dyd to me.
- a1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)25/735* : Dame, now is þar none other to do bot deme it þi seluen.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1313 : The cause trewly is none odire But thei wolde contrefet to be-gile her brodir.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1865 : Of a mirrour the cause no nother is But Moistour termynat.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)16/31 : Thencke non othir that by thi lyving in this mortall season thou shalt haue non other fruyte but longe tyme to be vnhappy.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : And ic wille þat markete beo in þe selue tun, & þat nan oþer ne be twix Stanford & Huntandune.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1277 : Turrtle..fra þatt hire make iss dæd Ne kepeþþ ȝho nan oþerr.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)746 : He is his broðer..nafð he nenne oþer.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.322 : Men myghten dreden wel..This lyf to lese..If this were lyuyng oonly and noon oother.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2092 : Sem part was nan oþer liche.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)508 : Noe..sette a sakerfyse þeron of uch a ser kynde Þat watz comly and clene -- God kepez non oþer.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Kings 21.9 : The preest seide, 'Lo! here the swerd of Goliath Filistei..here is noon other outakun that.'
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)45b/b : Þe vtilite whi þat þe bones of þe braine panne ben to gider so as it were a sawe & none oþere of alle þe bodie is be cause þat it is nescessaire þat mo þinges passe þoruȝ þe commissures of þe heued þen bi enye oþere commissures.
- ?c1430(c1383) Wycl.Leaven Pharisees (Corp-C 296)19 : Eche partie seie..þat þis pope is verray and noon oþere.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)471 : Oþer cures of Cristen þei coveten nouȝt to haue, But þere as wynnynge lijþ, he lokeþ none oþer.