Middle English Dictionary Entry
nought adv.
Entry Info
Forms | nought adv. |
Etymology | OE; for forms, see nought pron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
With verbs or clauses: not: (a) with simple verbs; (b) the same, accompanied by other negatives; (c) with simple ben; (d) the same, accompanied by other negatives; (e) with simple verbs having direct objects (including obj.phr. or cl.); -- also with refl. and impers. verbs; litel other ~, little or not at all; [see also litel adv.1. (b)]; (f) the same, accompanied by other negatives; (g) with verb phrases in the active voice; -- also with impers. phrases; (h) the same, accompanied by other negatives; (i) in passive constructions; -- also with additional negatives; (j) in imperative constructions; -- also with additional negatives; (k) introducing clauses; (l) with verbs in adjective and adverb clauses; -- also with additional negatives; (m) in interrogative sentences; (n) in various elliptical constructions; -- also with additional negatives; (o) right ~, in various constructions: not at all; -- also with additional negatives.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Te king ferde agenes him..& þoþwæthere fuhtten hi noht.
- a1300 I syke (Dgb 2)57 : Men..silit -- hic li noyt -- her souelis in-to sin.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1781 : To me tended þei nouȝt but tok forþ here wey.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.338 : In muchel speche synne wanteth naught.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.33 : The cause whi it changeth so, It needeth nouȝt to specifie.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3308 : Sco drogh þam all inogh to drinc; Left sco nawight [Frf: na wete] for na suinc.
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)24626 : Fra me wald þai nawit twin Til I com mi cosinis Inne.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.55 : Thomas hath..gownez of gold..and silver vessell..of what walue we knowe nouth.
- c1400 Wycl.Dominion (Dub 244)290 : Þus schulde men iuge þat ben goddis seruauntis, al ȝif þei stirte noȝt vp in pilatis chaier.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.196/27 : All tho that bien owte of the clotyng, and he hold shop, schall paye xij d., com he or com he nought.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)85 : Hard is the hert that loveth nought In May.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)359 : Nowthe cun: Nescio.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)646 : I gabbe noght.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)293 : I wepe, I wake, I faste; al helpeth noght.
- ?c1450 I loue (Mrg B 21)p.286 : Y spende and I paye nouȝt; y wolde and I maye nouȝt.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)41/185 : Þer fore xal I kyll þe here; þou skapyst nowght.
- a1500 PNoster R.Hermit (Trin-C O.1.29)158 : Þan was þis..lady huggely awoundird..whi þat he come nouȝt vnto hier.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)12188 : Fro merkenesse þou hast me broght To þe light þat faileþ noght.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : He lange wið stod, ac hit ne for heol naht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3970 : Þatt illke mann ne sinnȝheþþ nohht Ne gillteþþ hise þannkess, Ne towarrd Godd ne towarrd mann.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3933 : Eiþer hateden oþer swa ne sulde na wiht breoþer.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)59/1 : Hit ne cam noht of eadmode herte.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)21 : He [sinners] lieð þan hie crist louerd clepieð, and þe hwile ne helpeð noht þat hie singeð pater noster ne crede.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)778 : Ne lið hit nawt to þe to leggen lahe upon me.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)42/26 : Þu..ne spedest nawhit for te wurchen on me.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)18/168 : Of al his strengðe ne drede we nawiht.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1470 : Ich ne singe naþt hwan ich teme.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)9 : On crist ne leuede he noust.
- ?c1250 Ar ne kuthe (Gldh)12 : God wot ich ne lyghe noct.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)11 : Stille lið ðe leun, ne stireð he nout of slepe.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)95 : Floriz net ne dronk noȝt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4228 : It ne come noȝt þoru.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.35 : Þai ne stynten nouȝth to seie holy, holy, holy.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)43/79 : Also is ordeined þat what brother þat ne comeþ nouȝt..paie a pound wex.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.896 : Þise briddes..þennys nouȝt ne gon.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.949 : It nedeth nought no ferther for hym sterte.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)1.4.5a : Myn aungill ne taried nought at alle.
- a1500 Of spayn (Corp-O 226)62 : To dulle wittis, it may nogh be To brynge about..This riche Rubie.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)304 : Of no carein roght she noght.
c
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)225 : Þat was god to wite noht.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1728 : Am i nouȝt a bold best?
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.29/210 : As wel sithe he was noght mair as toforn, they han euerich of hem..conspired.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.27 : Faste by þe mynistre of Wynburney, þat is nouȝt fer from Baþe, is a wode þat bereþ moche fruyt.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.514 : He was a shepherde and noght [vr. no thing] a mercenarye.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)222 : He was nouȝth of þat contreye.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.355 : Many selcouthes I seygh ben nought to seye nouthe.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)4/25 : He was nouȝt of grece þeo hyȝeste lordyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)41b/b : Þei be wiþ oute forþe & nouȝt with inne.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)47/16 : He þat me mysdoþ is nouȝt enchesoun of myn angre.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1802 : In that lande..Al ben women and naught a man.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)149/82 : Nay, so moty the, so was it nowth.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.20.13b : Bute here delit is veyn and fals and nouȝt in God.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10290 : Naȝȝ, namm I nohht profete.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25427 : Neoren hit noht cnihtes no þef wæies idihte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)89/7 : Godes riche nis naht mete and drench.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)95/18 : Ðu ne undernemst þat ic and ðe saule ne bieð nauht of one ikende, ðeih wit boðe anne sceppend hadden.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/15 : Hande on hande nis naht ðe euele man gylt-leas.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)450 : He seghȝ hit nas nowth ȝhe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)309 : William..knew þat þe cowherde nas nouȝt his kinde fader.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2064 : Whider is mi douȝter went? ȝhe nis nouȝt in bedde.
- c1390 Ȝhit is god (Vrn)7 : In world is non so wys no wiht Þat þei ne haue warnyng to be ware.
- (1417) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)69/20 : Our entente is noght to move you fro no thing of your hye worship.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)27/22 : And now is þere non of the Calyffeez, ne nought han ben sithe the tyme of the Sowdan Sahaladyn.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)8/11 : Þer is naȝt a more worschepefull ne a more myȝty kynrede in all þe londys and þe kyngdoms of þe eest.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)863/9 : Eythir slew othir thorow a dolerous stroke..the whych ys nat yett hole, nor naught shall be tyll that I hele hym.
e
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97/15 : Ȝe þencheð þet he wes al ladles & þet ha droh al þis nawt [Nero: nout; Pep: nouȝth] for him seoluen.
- a1350(1265) BLewes (Hrl 2253)10 : Haueþ he nout of walingford o ferlyng.
- a1350 Mon in þe mone (Hrl 2253)33 : Þis mon hereþ me nout þah ich to hym crye.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.153 : Her synnes þai shullen pleynen litel oiþer nouȝth.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2066 : I seiȝ hire nouȝt seþ hieȝ midniȝt.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.24/61 : The elde officers of the town loued noght the opinions of the forseyde mair.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2649 : His hardy herte myghte hym helpe naught.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)59/30 : If ony of our breþerin..may nouht him seluen helpin, he schal haue..of þe almesse box to his sustinance vj d.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)17946 : To þe i say þat þu þe suink naght.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.3 : The kyng called a clerke -- can I nouȝt his name.
- (1422) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.142/50 : They kepte nought the ordenaunce that was ordeigned vpon hem.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)174b/b : Leie nouȝt on to moche at oonys.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)67 : Thilk yender ben þoo þat chasten nowght here children.
- a1450 ME Verse in Anglia 92p.63 : Meke I am, suet I xall be, nowt deme, troste, ȝefe, and bye þe.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)10/21 : If þou nouȝt hem forȝyue þat haue mysdon aȝens þee, þi fadir of heuene þi synnes ne wil not forȝyue þee.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)20/24 : Oure Lord lerneþ vs in þe gospel to say: Pater noster, Þat is, oure fadir & noȝt my fadir.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)61/30 : Hit besemyth you nought.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.4.3a : Hit hath naughst gostly sauour in God.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)726 : Why wrath ye me? I greve yow nowght.
f
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.108 : He ne maȝȝ nohht elless Onn Ennglissh writtenn rihht te word.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)223 : He ne cweð naht ȝewurðe man alse of oðere sceafte.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)147 : An oðer is þet he telle swa lutel tale þer of þet he hit nawicht ne luuie.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15607 : He is ihaten Merlin; ne icnawe we na wiðt his cunne.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)45 : Ich geald þat ich noht ne nam.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/16 : Þeih me niede me to ðan aðe, me ne het me noht te forsweriȝen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)41/2 : Ne beswic ðu noht ðe seluen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/31 : Ne lat hie nawht ðe hande pleiȝende mid stikke ne mid strawe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)40/26 : He..ne bridleð nawt his tunge.
- c1275 LSSerm.(Clg A.9)186/6 : Wel we witen alle, þaȝ ich eou noȝt ne telle.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)217/98 : Ha niste nocht þe miracle, ac þo serganz wel hit wiste.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)164 : Nedeð ðe ðe deuel nogt, for he ne mai ðe deren nogt.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)549 : He god ne luueden nogt.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)30 : Ȝe ne wite noth wat schal befalle.
- a1350 Lord þat lenest (Hrl 2253)14 : Þah he nabbe nout a smok hire foule ers to hude.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)722 : Mi-self knowe ich nouȝt mi ken ne mi kontre noiþer.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)64 : Wydur to wende ne wat he noght.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.256 : I haue..ymade many a knyȝte..Þat payed neuere for his prentishode nouȝte a peire gloues.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1050 : Þurȝ woȝe and won my lokyng ȝede, For sotyle cler noȝt lette no lyȝt.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1569 : I ne doute it nouȝt, Þat it is fressh and grene ay in ȝour thoȝt.
- a1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)200 : Þat ne kepte I noȝte.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.20.12b : Ypocrites ne heretikes fele nouȝt þis meknesse.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)59 : Þys ys a wonder þyng..Whanne he þat wolde be a knyȝt Ne wat noȝt what he hyȝt.
g
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)652 : Couþe he nouth his hunger Miþe.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)330 : Sone ge it ðor-of hauen eten, Al ge it sulen witent and nogt forgeten.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)933 : So sal it nogt ben.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)202 : For hit is god; it wole noht greue.
- a1350 Al nist by (Rwl D.913)3 : Darf ich noust þe rose stele.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2069 : Ȝif william be nouȝt went..Mi ladi..lengeþ in þis cite ȝut.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.28/189 : The comunes..seiden truly they wolde go to a-nother eleccion & noght soeffre thys wrong.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7626 : It schal noght greine Unto the fruit of rihtwisnesse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273a/a : Ofte lowynge preueþ affeccioun and loue whanne he may nouȝt soone fynde his felawe.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)127 : He saw she was nouȝt ycoome.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2553 : Abram, thar þe noght [Göt: nogh] drede, I sal þe help.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19386 : Sua wex þe cristen mens tale, þat þai moght nawight kepe þam hale.
- a1400 Ihesu þat al þis (Mert 248)28 : Haue merci on me, þat i may helde my penaunce & stomble naȝt þerinne.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.59 : The..priour hayd y receyvyd..a mill. li. worth and mor, and the mor to wath value we connauth say.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.51 : Wist I that..I wolde nouȝt spare For to be ȝowre frende.
- c1405 Chaucer CT.Kn.(Heng)A.1201 : Of that storie list me noght to write.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.175/1104 : Item, to paviers for leuelynge with grauell of þe ȝerde, for water shulde nought stonde stille yn þe seide ȝerde, ix d.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)158 : Noth I lewe may Bot if I Hys wondys fond.
- a1425 The man that I loued (CmbAdd 5943)p.306 : He wold noght sey onys farewelle.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)5/23 : Þoruȝ þisilf þou myȝt falle but noȝt arise.
- c1450 Ladd Y the daunce (Cai 383/603)p.308 : Of othur smale burdus kep Y nout to telle.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)887 : There shalle he take the brode watres And londe naught til he come to Acres.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)9.1 : Had he beyne a rightwisman, he had noght sayd swa.
h
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þis was his in gang; of his ut gang ne cunne we iett noht seggon.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.59 : Icc ne mihhte nohht min ferrs Aȝȝ wiþþ Goddspelless wordess Wel fillenn all.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)47 : He ne mihte noht iþolie þe herdnesse of þe rapes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26397 : Nulle ich noht aȝæin faren.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/10 : Þis ne habbe ic nauth ofearned.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)2/8 : Ȝef þes lauerd wiste..hwenne..þe þeof walde cume..he walde wakien; ne nalde he nawt þolien þe þeof forte breoken hire.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)71/20 : Ne þearf þu noht dreden þe attri neddre of helle.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)103/296 : Wimman is word-wod & haueþ tunge to swift; þoh hoe wel wolde, ne mei hoe noht [Trin-C: nowit] wiþ-helden.
- a1275 Of on þat is so fayr (Trin-C B.14.39)39 : He nul nout werne þe þi bone.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)361 : Nis heo noȝht icome.
- ?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)56 : Ne shal I þe nouiȝt blame For þi sawe.
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)37 : I ne may wimen herien nohut, For hy beþ swikele and false of þohut.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)198/23 : Ȝwane we In godes seruise beoth, we ne doz nouȝt ore ordre breke.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)289 : And get ne kuðe he nogt blinne For to don an-oðer sinne.
- a1350 Mon in þe mone (Hrl 2253)22 : Ichot of is ernde he naþ nout ysped.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)33 : Ete ne drinke miȝte he nouȝt; On Blauncheflour was al his þouȝt.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.11 : I woot..þat þou ne may nouȝth suffre þe wicked.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2395 : Whan þei were ouȝt him neiȝ, nouȝt he nold abide.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)44/89 : Þey nulleth nouȝt accorden in þis maner.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)19 : Ne kan y noȝt to scole goon Without Blaunchefloure.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.182/1297 : He dede no desese to þe seide craffte, ne he wolde nought receyve no ȝifftes ne rewardes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.498 : For sothe, I have naught herd it don er this In story non, ne no man here, I wene.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)288 : Elde..encrampeschet myn hondes, Þat I ne may hefe þam to my hede, ne noghte helpe my-seluen.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.5 : Noþing þere-of spare wolde he noght.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.45.30b : Ne þou maiȝt nouȝt askapen alle..þe peines of synne.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)696 : Nauȝt wyue yet Y ne may.
i
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)9 : Þe mancunnesse of ure drictin nes nawicht isuteled.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)95 : Ne beo ȝe navith aferde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17659 : Þatt illke mann ne beþ nohht demmd To dreȝhenn helle pine.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)7/11 : Nith nere nohutt te forȝeten.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1197 : Þus wes..mon & nawt godes drihtnesse þurhdriuen upon þe rode.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1152 : Ðis ne mai nogt ben for-geten.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1770 : Of al ðat laban haued is sogt, So woren it hid ne fond he is nogt.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1052 : Þow takest newe lawes Þat wer notht vsid bi our dawes.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.27/133 : He letted it, so that it nas noght execut.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)59/54 : If þer be ony..þat is rebell..and wiln nouht be reuled be þe wardeynes ne by his bretheren, he schal ben put out of oure paper.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.221 : The vein honour was noght desired.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273b/b : He..may nought be tamed but wiþ an yrene Rynge y-do þurgh his nose þurle.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)21/4 : Schal nouȝt his wages be bynome hym?
- (1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.42 : Þe poyntz and couenauntz aforsaid ne mow noght be performed on bothe parties.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.196/45 : He schalle nowȝt be take in-to the clotyng aȝeyn withowten the comun assent of the same Fraternite.
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)101/21 : William..wold have put poudir of bayes..þer-in, yef he had noght þe more warly be let by certein officers.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.182/1310 : The names of Brewers þat hadden Barelles and kilderkyns þe wheche wer nought seled with þe coupers marke yn þe tyme of þe seide W crowmer Mair of london.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.183/1328 : Horold..hath j Barell, is nought morken.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1613 : Lorn am I naught fro yow yit, Though that we ben a day or two atwynne.
- (1450) Wars France in RS 22.1510 : We trowe that it be noghte unknowyne to yow.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8485 : Two sonnes..were bothe at the brest of the bright norse, Noght put fro the pappe to no prise fode.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/73 : I make you gratulacyon..yif it like youre benygnyte nouth to ben displesid wyth my desideracyon.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)191/1199f : It is nouht knowyn eueriwhere.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.5.4b : Þis felinge mai nauȝht ben had withouten gret grace.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)19b/26 : Thay bene nought sowed sotillyche whan her keruyng is gret.
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- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/25 : Beo ðu istrongod & þu naht þæs tintreȝa ne ondred.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)473 : Ne wndre þou nawiht þer fore.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)67/228 : Ne led us noht in to costnunga.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51/15 : Ondswerie ȝe him nawiht [Nero: nowiht], ah wendeð awei.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)157 : Meidan Maregrete, ne drede þou nowid [vrr. no wiȝt; of no wiȝte].
- a1300 No god (Em 27)2 : Hys name þov naȝt an ydel don.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)801 : Bilef wiþ me; ne wend naȝt hom.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2422 : And late ye nouth mi bodi spille.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3497 : Tac ðu nogt in idel min name.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2933 : No say nouȝt what þou ses, Bot hold.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)39.24 : Þou art myn helper and my defendour; ha, my God, dwelle nouȝt.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)333 : Be meke & mesurabul, nouȝt of many wordes.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1450 : Grucche nouȝt þer-a-gayn.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)177/187 : Greef þe nouht.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1938 : Gabbe noght, Bot tell if evere was thi thoght With Falssemblant.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.6.9 : Erre ȝee nouȝt as tristande of mercy.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)362 : Ȝa, ȝa, man, leue hym nowth.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)76/135 : Moyses, be noght a-baste.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)57/172 : Thi neyborys hous desyre þou nowth.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.46.31b : Reste nouȝt þerine as þei þou haddest fulli founden Ihesu.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)21b/12 : Take nouȝt away thi playster with strenghe.
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- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)5/16 : Nouȝt I mene þat þe souȝle schulde of quantite be gret but gret of kunnynge of goodnesse & of manhod.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)7/17 : Nowt had þis doctour mynde þat he ded soo, but for he say oþir childyrn do þus, þerfor supposed he þat he ded soo.
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- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Crist..healde us rihte bileue..and geue hine þo þe hit naueð nocht.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)63/140 : God..ȝife us..in cherite to wnien inne þet we ne fallen naut ine sunne.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)768 : Ȝette me an hwet, þet tu ne maht nawt wearnen mid rihte.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1874 : Þu most nede..cheosen ananriht: libben, ȝef þu leist lac to ure liuiende godes; oðer, ȝef þu nult nawt, dreoriliche deien.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)12/24 : Hald..mi wil to þe, þet hit ne forwurðe naut.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)92/6 : Þis is þe ancre þe nat nawt hwet is fondunge.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)61 : Here ȝe habbez al a ȝer meteles ibeo Þat ȝe ne eten ne dronken ne slepen nouȝt with eyȝe.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)155 : Iesu þat neuir leiche nocht, To sillen you him his al mi þotht.
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.28/194 : Had noght the aldermen kome to trete, & maked that John Norhampton bad the poeple gon hoom, they wolde haue go to a Newe eleccion.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)49/70 : Ȝif..a symple brother dye, þat may nouȝt fynde hym-selue no liȝt, þanne þo v tapres schul be mad newe.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.13 : Brittrik hir lord, þat scho nouht wiste Unwarned drank þerof a drauht als him liste.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)9/11 : He worschipeþ Holy Writ and reprehendeþ noþyng þat he vnderstondeþ noght.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)421 : Hit is a fendis presumpcioun to selle þus hor merytes þat þei knowen noȝt.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)75/14 : He had doon grete velonye to þe barons of Grece..þe which þei forȝate noughte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)7295 : She took to me a Gambisoun, A maner harneys that I knewe nouht.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.5.4a : He feleth a drede..of þe priue domis of God, whilk he seeith nauȝst.
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- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)950 : Why change I nowte?
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)131a : Huyrest þu nouȝt..how þys men wytnassed aȝeynst þe?
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- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)27 : Awah þet he..wulle underfon swa heȝ þing..and weneð þet hit wulle him helpen. Neisoðliche nawiht, ah þenne þe preost hit deð in his muþe..cumeð drihtenes engel and binimeð þa halinesse.
- ?c1250 PMor.(Eg 613(1))129 : Sunne let þe, and þu naht [Trin-C: nah] hire; þanne þus ne miht do no more.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)450 : Ne can y it [a mental picture] out scrape..I ne wold nouȝt for al þis world.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)497 : He wrouȝt neuer bot my worchepe, ne wol nouȝt, i leue.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)54/40 : In þis maner he schal be resceyued & elles nouȝt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph.(Manly-Rickert)C.14 : Who kan me countrefete? Pigmalion noght, thogh he ay forge and bete.
- a1422 Gild St.Geo.Nrw.(Rwl D.913)451 : Than be consent of the Aldirman and þe maistres they mown sue þe comoun lawe, and ellis nowght.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2467 : We er unsyker..Wether þai sal be alowed or noght.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2980 : I bithought Whether I shulde passe or nought.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)27 : Ȝe wil not put on me no vyleny But I deserue it, and þat schal I nowt.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)6/32 : He..þoght he wold prufe whethir he wold holde his promys or noght.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)990/12 : Never sith myght he be heled, ne nought shall tofore we com to hym.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.46.31b : Þanne hast þou founden somwat of Ihesu, nouȝt Hym as He is, bute a schadue of Hym.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)183/44 : Be I com home, I am so irk That farther may I noght.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8132 : Adames soule so was wroght Of Goddes onde, but aungel noght..þei were of Goddis worde allone.
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- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2103 : Alle þine þreates ne drede ich..riht noht.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)30 : It ne grefde heom riȝht nouȝht.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)251a/b : Þe branne norissheþ litel or elles right nouȝt [L modicum vel nullum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)312a/b : Colde þinges smelle right wele, as roses, and some hote þinges smelle right nought, as peper.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6772 : Vn-to his deth assentid was riȝt nouȝt.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.46 : This may liken the, And the right nought.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)526 : Legerdemeyn now helpeth me right nowght.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)250 : It harmed hym rith noute.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)33/143 : God almyghty..Alowyht ryht nowth þi dede.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)795 : It shal greue me right noght.
2.
With infinitives: not.
Associated quotations
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)36/182 : The secund commandement biddes us noght take In ydelship..the name of our god.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.44 : My sorwe is thanne noght to seche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1008 : I consaille..his byddyng noȝt to disobeie.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)2/21 : With hert and hand, es noght at hide, For to help Scotland gan þai hye.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)807 : Þai..soght him..In chambers high (es noght at hide) And in solers.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)61 : Þan aght man..Hys creatur worshepe in his kynde And noght to be of wers condicion Þan þe creatours with-outen reson.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)83 : Thare come a lowe one the loughe, in lede es noghte to layne, In the lyknes of Lucyfere.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)14b : How þat ȝong fiȝteres mote be tauȝt to foyne and to stoke and nowȝt to smyte.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16563 : Yt suld make lades be more kene And noyȝt to be to þer husband bowsom.
3.
With adjectives and adjectival constructions: not at all, not; (a) with simple adjectives; -- also with adjectives used absolutely; (b) with participles and prepositional phrases; (c) with indefinite articles and with adjectives expressing number, quantity, or inclusiveness; ~ a (on, o), not even one; ~ a litel, quite a bit (of sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)39 : Ne beo eow noht lað to arisene er dei.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)15/21 : No man ne mai bien ȝeborȝwen, bute he bie rihtwis and naht twifeald.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)16/285 : Hye nas naut bliþ.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)97 : He was large and no wicth gnede.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)718 : Long bigging is here nogt god.
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)92 : Y ȝelde me to þe..þat y ne be noud ded.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)303 : Be þou nouȝth looþ Me to telle of oo þing sooþ.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.152 : Cryst ȝiueth heuene Bothe to riche and to nouȝte riche.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.581 : Be thow naught wroth.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)158a/b : Ȝif þou note þis laste chapiter perfitelye, þou schalt wele knowe whiche sores ben esye for to hele and whiche nouȝt.
- (1449) RParl.5.144b : Provided..that the Collectours of this same Subsidie..have at every tyme by thair othes due discharges and allowaunce in shuch as is nough levable therof.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.56 : There is nouȝht j-now, there nouȝt leuys.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)24b/5 : Þe wounde be makyde..with stoon..or with othir thyng nowght sharp.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)25 : He seið mið þa muðe þet nis naut in his heorte.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)75 : He is his enlipi sune nawiht efter þoþnunge ac efter istrone.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.857 : Hate is a wraththe noght schewende, Bot of long time gadarende.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2467 : Youthe..Stod with his route..Here hevedes kempt, and therupon Garlandes noght of o colour.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)109/16,18 : Þe glorious konnyng of Phisyk and þe crafte of Cirurgy er..disclaundred..and..þe peple spillide be wrecched and presumptuous practisours in phisyk, nought knowyng þe treuthe or ground of þat Faculte of Phisyk, And be vnkonnynge wirkers in Cirurgy, nought knowyng þe trewe crafte of Cirurgy.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)135a/b : As wiþ þe water of þe decoccioun of mel rosate nouȝt coiled.
- (1430) EEWills86/1 : Alle the Residue of my godys nouȝt byqwothin I yeue..to Richard Soler.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)2180 : Art þou not..Al oon wiþ þe Fader in godhede?..Inpossible hit is noght Whateuer þee list to haue wroght.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1286 : I..fond me lous and nought yholde.
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- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1129 : Ne forstod noht ealle þa bodlaces.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Se man þa heafde..ðre hundred swin ne beleaf him noht an.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)15 : Ȝe abbeþ iherd, þech ȝe nabben navich alle, an vilche vise þe vorld vas erest for gulte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/25 : Hie ne bieð nauht alle eadmode ðe unorneliche libbeð on mete and on claðes.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1391 : Ne beoþ heo noþt alle for lore.
- a1300 PMor.(Jes-O 29)67 : Everuych mon..may bugge heoueriche -- Þe riche and þe poure boþe, ah nouht alle ilyche.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2188 : Sule ge nogt alle eðen gon.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.304 : Noght oo word spak he moore than was neede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22553 : Noght a leif o þam sal last.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)3/4 : Meny Auntres haue sethen falle Þat we ne woot him noȝt alle.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)24742 : It war naght half ane hure of a day.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/a : With many forsoþ arteriez & veynez & noȝt a litel [Ch.(2): nouȝt of litel; L non pauca] fatnes about þe costez.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)279 : Es noghte a lorde in þat lande appone lyfe leuede.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2311 : Erropheroun..is the chief toune of Ynde, And Londene is a faire cite, Nought the tenthe parte as goode as he.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)2 : Nout ilk þat seiþ pes to ȝou is to be hard as colver or a doue.
4.
With adverbs: to no degree, not at all, not; -- often with other negatives; (a) with adverbs of time; (b) with adverbs of distance, direction, or location; ~ ferrene, not far away; ~ outward, not outwardly; (c) with adverbs of number or limitation; (d) with adverbs of degree, intensity, or emphasis; ~ so; (e) with adverbs of quality or manner; ~ so; (f) with adverb phrases and clauses; -- often negating the second member of a pair of coordinate phrases; ~ as, not because; ~ charginge, not to mention; right ~, not at all.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/5 : Ne we ne maȝon libban noht longe on watere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3415 : Nis hit nowit ȝare -- noht fulle twa ȝere -- þat ich was a riche king.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6322 : Ne makede heo noh ærst Ælured king.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14423 : Nes hit noh longe, buten ane stunde, þet þe king makede ueorme swiðe store.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)61/652 : Forleaf þu me nawt nu i þis nede, lauerd of liue.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)928 : Ich wisse men mid min songe Þat hine sunegi no wiht longe.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)153 : Ne beþ nout ȝet þre daies ago Þat þou and þi wif..And þine children..Alle to-gedere mid me hete.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)800 : Nay, madame, nouȝt ȝut.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)66b/b : It comeþ nouȝt alwey of changinge of hote watir or of coolde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)344 : He wroght noght first wit partis.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20166 : Ne sal tu nawjght lang her hon.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)26 : Qwen kyng Leir turnyd into gret aeld, Noght longer þe kyngdome forto weld He þought..Deuise hys landys.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)15/27 : It es þe ymage..of Anectanabus that was kynge of Egipte noȝte lange sythen gane.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)13/15 : Þerfor are we cast here..oure synnes here for to rewe..noȝt today bigynne & tomorew stirt abak, but quykly spende oure body in penaunce to oure lyues ende.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.41.25a : Bute we ne mowe nouȝt ai werken þe beste, for we haue nouȝt ȝit resceiued þat grace.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)86b : Noght ȝitt: Nondum, non adhuc.
- a1500 Fasc.Mor.in Silverstein ELyrics (Rwl C.670)p.81 : Nouhth longe gon I was ful ryche.
b
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Ure wununge nis nauht her, ac is on heuene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25733 : Þa iseȝen heo nawiht feorren a muchel fur smokien.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)35/8 : Hie hit don for to habben lean of godalmihtin on ðare oðre woreld and naht hier.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)312 : Horn nis noȝt [vr. nouth] her inne.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)618 : Gede he nogt ut til god him bad.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.279 : It may nouȝt outewarde ben espied.
c
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)216/65 : Ne ne offreth him nacht on lepiliche to day, ac alle þo daies i þo yere gostliche.
- a1350 Lutel wot hit (Hrl 2253)8 : Y þenche on hire þat y ne seo nout ofte.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)611 : Ofter þan ix times hit takeþ me a-daye, & ten times on þe niȝt, nouȝt ones lesse.
- (1422) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.129/239 : Cacches han layne with oistres ij dayes or iij, and noght half sold her oistres.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)prol.4 : It leris vs to loue god..noght anly in hert, bot alswa with voice louand.
d
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1132 : Was it noht suithe lang þer efter þatte king sende efter him.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)15 : He nis naht fulliche cristene þat is ani wane of þese þrie.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)258 : Nas hit nouȝt so god.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)932 : Horn ne luuede noȝt lite.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)617 : He was wis and nogt to rad.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)13 : Þe herd sat..Nouȝt fully a furlong fro þat fayre child.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)997 : Iosep was noȝt ful lyght of lym.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)42/30 : Hit is a place y-chose of God, & þer by more alowed of God þan eny chirche of freres, þat is nouȝt so expresslich y-chose.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)519 : His garnamentes weren noght ful wyde.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)164/2 : Þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to sawereye, but it is noȝth so brod.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.6.4b : Þis felynge..lesteþ nauȝht wel longe.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.6.4b : Drede nauȝht to mikel.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.40.25a : Leef hit nouȝt to sone for non oþer.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)81/32 : He shal noght vtterly abstene hym fro þe vse of wyn.
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- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)223 : Nis hit naht swa.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)19 : Heo..bi-lefden wel on him; we wrecche sunfulle ne do we noht swa.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)49 : Þe put ne tuneð noht lihtliche his muð ouer us.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)37/19 : Gif ðu riht offrest and noht riht ne sciftst, ðu senegest mare ðan ðu god do.
- c1275 Mon may longe (Clg A.9)50 : Mon ne do þu nowt swo.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1068 : Þis tiding likeþ me nout wel.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)547 : Best beþ it nouȝt so.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.494 : If sche be noght wel beseie, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.835 : So thow seyst..But..it is naught the rather so.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)112/18 : Strong vertue..is in þe sope and in þe vynegre and nouȝt so [L non ita] forsoþe in þe wyne.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)13/14 : Þerfor are we cast here in erþe as in prisoun, wiþ penaunce oure synnes here for to rewe..noȝt feyntly but hertely.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)721 : Sayd I þe noȝt so my selfe?
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/53 : Nay, seris, nowth so.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2a : Do þou nauht so.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)376 : A ribaut of hem..can nouȝt wel reden His rewle ne his respondes.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15880 : Þatt læredd follc..læreþþ wel & spelleþþ..All forr erþliȝ mede, & rihht nohht forr þe lufe off Godd.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)17 : Crist..þrouwede deð for al moncun al for ure neode nawiht for his.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)163 : Ðo..þe sewen ȝerneluker þe defles sed þan ure louerdes ihesu crist..beden men te helle and naht to heuene.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/5 : Þanne ðe cumþ god..þanke ðar of ðine lauerde gode, and ilief ðat hit is for his muchele godnesse, and noht for ðin earninge.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)63 : For ure sunnes, nout for his, is owen fleshe selde.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)291 : Þat ne dude ic nout for al þis worldes wnne.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)593 : Ðeðen he sal cumen eft..to demen alle men oc nout on geuelike.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8 : He is..tuo hundred mile brod fram est to west to wende, Amidde þe lond as hit be, & noȝt as bi þe on ende.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/b : Achylaus meneþ þat geet breþeþ at þe eren and nought at þe nose.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.338 : Caton kenneth vs to coueiten it nauȝt but as nede techeth.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.104 : Do non yuel to þine euenecrystene, nouȝt by þi powere.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)17/10 : Crist likneþ ȝow..to oxen & nouȝt to kynges.
- (1418) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)76/64 : Your graciouse persone..knythly laboureþ, litel or noght chargyng bodily ease.
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)99/3 : Many gret now-a-dayes..in comone harme of alle the Peple and gret sclaundre of þis Citee, naught charginge her owne vntrouþe & disceyt, daylych vsyn within þis Citee..wyne of spayne.
- a1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)2/40 : Loke to me, my Lord dere, All if I put me noght in prese!
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)5a : We þinke..to schewe þe olde custum..Nouȝt as þese þingis were vnknowen to ȝow..for þat ȝe frelich..witeþ wele þat in olde tyme þe firste bulderes of þe empire of Rome kepten þe same.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)86/2563 : Youthe..hath thee gouernyd longe in nycete, Nought havyng resoun hit forto mesure.
5.
As a quasi conjunction in correlative constructions: neither, not; ~ al-one..but (elles); ~..ne (but); ~..ner (nor); ~..neither (nouther); ~..ac (and); ~ onli..but (also; etc.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18761 : I þe shaffte iss sinne..nohht þurrh Godd, acc all ȝæn Godd.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)71/10 : Nim ðar after rad, naht at wise manne one, and þe bie bade [read: baðe] wis and ec goddfrihti.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)121/24 : Ne rewe him nauht ane hise sennes, ac ȝet ðat he for is ȝemelaste ne hafð god ȝedon.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)6/31 : Meiden stont þurh heh lif i þe tur of ierusalem -- Nawt of lah on eorðe, ah of þe hehe in heouene.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)886 : Many hauen of god drede, Ac noht for loue of his godhede, But last þeih sholde..In-to strong pine ben ipult.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3841 : He schal noght only dye Himself, bot fro his regalie He schal be put for everemo.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)328a/a : Þe numbre superficial is y-write nought oonliche in lengþe but also in brede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12125 : Wat i..noght allan þe time past, Bot elles hu lang þi life sal last.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15315 : Noth fete allan, bot hefd and hand..to wasche i bede.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)23/11 : Þe ensaumple þat ȝe bringiþ forþ is nouȝt aȝenus vs noþer aȝenus oure werkes and dedes.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)32/7 : Euerech soule be suget to þe heiȝeste lordes, nouȝt onliche for wreþþe but for good conscience.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.197/65 : The wardeyns schull nought auentour ouer the see, neyther leue the comun good.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.201/195 : William..preyyd the Wardeynez..that he..myȝt bye and selle with hem, And nouȝt to come to her somnez ner haue of her Clotyng.
- (1419) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)80/6 : He wolde naught applie nor accorde to right and reson.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.167/845 : John Pekker, vynter, wolde nought sele þe seide endentur ne obligacion, ne be borwe, ne be bounden for þe seide John Pekker, Carpenter.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.178/1175 : Oþere sommes been nought declared, ne wreten her.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)19/10 : Nowt þou but fader & moder wrouȝt a ȝen þe lawe.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1796 : Now wil we turne To telle ȝou..his occupacyon -- Noutȝ only his, but..Alle þe condicioun of hem þat þer soiorne.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)4/27 : We moten hym se in his blisse, noȝt as in a myrour, but wiþouten ende.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)15/21 : Þe wyntir robe he weriþ..ne spareþ he it noȝt in tempestis ne in stormes.
- c1450 Metham Physiog.(Gar 141)127/15 : This hope..ys colouryd lyke the reynbow, noght with spottys, but one cerrkyl with-in a-nodyr off sundry colourys.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)3/24 : Thus haue I schewid ȝou in what partie of þe world he was bore -- nowt in þe Greke tonge ne in þe Latyn tonge, but in þe Barbar tonge.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.40.25a : Oure Lord ȝifiþ sundri ȝifþes whare so he wile, nouȝt o man alle, ne alle men on.
- a1500 Fasc.Mor.in Silverstein ELyrics (Rwl C.670)p.81 : I am noht heren Ne they ben myne.