Middle English Dictionary Entry
nō-wīse adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nō-wīse adv. |
| Etymology | From nō adj. & wīse n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In no way, by no means, not at all.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)16738 : Thei no-wyse myght come him to.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)303 : Oure gostly enmye..Ne no wyse hyr kecche myht in his snare.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)566 : I nowyse doute..deth to take.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2886 : Þis iniurye no wyse myn eerys here moun Þat þow..blaspheme þat name hooly.
- 1451 Tundale (Roy 17.B.43)296 : Þai mo [read: may] no wyse [vr. in no wyse] þe fro me lede.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2906 : Some placis most nede be euermore drie, Close from airys no wyse wyndye.