[OFr. _menestral_, _-el_.]
#Mente#. _See_ Mene, _v._^1
#Merci#, #Mercy(e)#, #Mersy#, _n._ mercy, I 167, II 113, III 1, VI 23,
VIII _a_ 40 (personified), XVI 359, &c.; _grant merci_, thank you, V 58,
XII _b_ 92 (_see_ Grant). [OFr. _merci_.]
#Mercii#, _n. pl._ Mercians, men of the Midlands, XIII _b_ 54. [Med.L.
_Mercii_; OE. _Merce_.]
#Mery#. _See_ Miri(e).
#Meridionall#, _adj._ Southern, IX 2, 3. [L. _meridionālis_.]
#Merke(nes)#. _See_ Mirke, Myrknes.
#Mersh#, _n._ March, XV _c_ 1. [AFr., ONFr. _march(e)_.]
#Merþe#. _See_ Mirthe.
#Meruayl(l)e#, #-uail(e)#, #-ueyl(l)e#, &c. (_of_), _n._ amazement,
wonder (at), I 211, IX 151, 226; marvel, II 409, 598, IX 143, 146, 292,
&c.; a marvel (without _a_), I 115, 205, IX 18; _no meruayle þaȝ_
(with _subj._), no wonder (if), V 239. [OFr. _merveille_.]
#Merueyl(l)ous#, _adj._ marvellous, I 247, IX 145; #Merveilous#, XII _a_
64; #Mervelus#, XVII 12, 164. [OFr. _merveillous_.]
#Meschaunce#; #Meschief#. _See_ Myschance; Myschefe.
#Mese#, _n._ moss, II 248. [OE. _mēos_.]
#Message#, _n._ errand, XII _a_ 52, 102; message, XII _introd._ [OFr.
_message_.]
#Messagere#, _n._ messenger, XII _a_ 46; #Messengere#, XVI 362. [OFr.
_messager_.]
#Messais#. _See_ Missays.
#Messe#. _See_ Masse, _n._^1
#Mesurable#, _adj._ moderate, reasonable, VIII _a_ 192. [OFr.
_mesurable_.]
#Mesure#, _n._ capacity, XI _b_ 113; moderation, XVI 302. [OFr.
_mesure_.]
#Mesurit#, _pp._ measured, X 25. [OFr. _mesurer_.]
#Mete#, _n._ food, VIII _a_ 133, IX 15, XV _e_ 7, _g_ 3, XVII 160, &c.;
#Mette#, XVI 230; _esp._ joined with _drink_, I 158, II 254, VIII _a_
20, XI _b_ 257, XVII 197; _at(te) mete_, at table, II 519, VIII _a_ 55,
XV _g_ 24. [OE. _mete_.]
#Mete(n)#, _v._ to meet, II 510, V 138, 167, VI 20, XIV _a_ 27; #Mette#,
_pa. t._, VIII _a_ 163, _b_ 6. [OE. _mētan_.] _See_ Imete.
#Meteþ#, _3 sg. pres._ measures, XIII _a_ 46. [OE. _metan_.] _See_
Meete.
#Methles#, _adj._ immoderate, violent, V 38. [OE. _mǣþ-lēas_.]
#Mette#, _pa. t._ dreamt, XII _a_ 139, 153. [OE. _mǣtan_, impers.]
#Meue#, #Moue#, _v._ to move; _trans._ (inspire), XI _a_ 66, _b_ 246;
_intr._ proceed, pass on, VII 98; #Meuyt#, _pa. t._ passed, VII 30;
#Mevid#, _pp._ carried away, XVII 542. [OFr. _moveir_; accented stem
_moev-_, _meuv-_, &c.]
#Mezeyse#. _See_ Missays.
#Mi#, #My#. _See_ Ich, _pron._
#Miche#, #Myche#, _adj._ great, much, II 278, 523, 560, VII 41, 122.
[OE. _micel_.] _See_ Mekill, Mochel, More.
#Micht#, #Mycht#. _See_ Mai, _v._; Myȝt(e).
#Mid#, #Midde# (XV), _prep._ with, III _introd._, 9, 51, 55, XV _a_ 19.
[OE. _mid_.] _See_ Þer(e).
#Myddel#, _adj._ central, Midland, XIII _b_ 10, 54. [OE. _middel_.]
#Middel#, #Myddel#, _n._ middle, XIII _b_ 11; waist, XV _c_ 16. [OE.
_middel_.]
#Myddel-erde#, #Medill-erd#, _n._ the world, V 32, XVII 100, 234.
[Altered by assoc. with prec. from OE. _middan-(g)eard_.]
#Mydyng#, _n._ midden, dunghill, XVII 376. [Cf. Danish _mögdynge_,
_mödding_ (ON. _*myk(i)dyngja_) muck-heap.]
#Mydnyȝt#, _n._ midnight, V 119. [OE. _mid-niht_.]
#Myghtfull#, _adj._ mighty, XVII 1. [OE. _miht_ + _-ful_.]
#Mighty#, #Myghty#, _adj._ mighty, VII 177, &c.; _was so myghty to_, had
the power to, XVI 91; _quasi-sb._ mighty princes, VII 118. [OE.
_mihtig_.]
#Myȝt(e)#, _n._ might, power, strength, capacity, I 84, 186, VIII _a_
195, XI _b_ 114; #Mycht#, X 48, 65, &c.; #Myght#, IX 197, XVI 233, &c.;
#Miste#, #Myste# (_see_ App. p. 278), XV _g_ 29; _of myste_, mighty, VI
102; _pl._ deeds of power, XVI 174; _do (all) his myȝt_, &c., do all
in his power, X 79, XI _b_ 6; _with thair mychtis all_, with all their
might, X 95; _at my myght_, as far as I can, XVII 322. [OE. _miht_.]
#Miȝte#, #Mihte#, &c. _See_ Mai, _v._
#Mykeȝ#, _n. pl._ ? favourites, VI 212 (note); _see_ Mike, _n._ in
_N.E.D._ [Unknown.]
#Milde#, #Mylde#, _adj._ gentle, kindly, IV _a_ 74, _b_ 75, XV _g_ 2,
&c. [OE. _míld_.]
#Mile#, #Myle#, _n._ mile; _sg._ for _pl._ after numerals, II 350, XIV
_b_ 42; _wel a four grete myle_, fully (a distance of) four 'long
miles', IX 200 (_see_ note). [OE. _mīl_.]
#Miles#, ? _n. pl._ XV _b_ 20; ? read _meles murge <wi>þ_, call lovingly to;
_see_ Mele, _v._
#Myn#, _adj._ smaller, _in more and myn_, all, XVII 112, 278. [ON.
_minni_; _meiri ok minni_.]
#Myn#, #Mynne#, _v._ to remember, recall, mention, VII 30, 37; _myn(ne)
of_, be mindful of, VI 223, XVII 551. [ON. _minna_, remind; _minna-sk_,
remember.]
#Min#, #Myn(e)#. _See_ Ich, _pron._
#Mynd(e)#, _n._ mind, memory, VII 10, 11, 30, IX 319, XVI 2; _take in
m._, recollect, XII _a_ 194, _b_ 223. [OE. _(ge-)mýnd_.]
#Myne#, _n._ ore, IX 46, 52. [OFr. _mine_.]
#Myne(n)#, _v._ to mine, tunnel, IX 222, 224, 231, X 8. [OFr. _miner_.]
#Mynestres#, _n. pl._ servants, VIII _b_ 63. [OFr. _ministre_.]
#Ministre#, #Mynstre#, _n._ monastery, VIII _b_ 95, XIII _a_ 50. [OE.
_mynster_.]
#Mynget#, #-it#, _pa. t._ mingled, VII 131; _pp._ VII 108. [OE.
_méngan_.]
#Mynt#, #Munt#, _n._ aim; feint, pretence at a blow, V 277, 282, 284.
[From next.]
#Mynte#, _v._ to aim, swing (an axe), V 222; #Mynte#, #Munt#, _pa. t.
sg._ V 194, 206. [OE. _myntan_.]
#Miracle#, _n._ miracle, XI _b_ 280. [OFr. _miracle_.]
#Mire#, #Myre#, mire; _fig._ a desperate situation, XIV _b_ 71, XVI 256.
[ON. _mýr-r_.]
#Miri(e)#, #Myrie#, _adj._ merry, joyous, gay, II 58, 436, VIII _a_ 151,
XV _a_ 11, 16, &c.; #Mery#, VIII _a_ 69, XVII 463; #Myryest#, _superl._
VI 75; #Muryly#, _adv._ pleasantly, playfully, V 227, 268, 277. [OE.
_myrge_.] _See_ Mirth(e), Murgeþ.
#Mirke#, #Merke#, _adj._ dark, VII 108; _n._ darkness, XVI 53. [OE.
_myrce_, ON. _myrk-r_, adj.]
#Myrknes#, _n._ darkness, IV _a_ 64; #Merkenes#, VII 131. [From prec.]
#Mirth(e)#, #Myrth#, _n._ joy, mirth, IV _a_ 44, XIV _b_ 3, XVI 79, &c.;
#Merþe#, II 6. [OE. _myrgþ_.]
#Mys#. _See_ Misse, Mysse.
#Mysbede#, _v._ to ill-use, VIII _a_ 46; #Mysboden#, _pp._ V 271. [OE.
_mis-bēodan_.]
#Myschance#, #Meschaunce#, _n._ disaster, misfortune, V 127, IX 87, XIV
_b_ 30. [OFr. _mescha(u)nce_.]
#Myschefe#, #-cheif#, #-chief#, _n._ distress, damage, misfortune, I
175, VIII _a_ 199, X 136, 178; #Meschief#, XII _b_ 14. [OFr.
_mesch(i)ef_.]
#Misdede#, _n._ wrong-doing, XIV _b_ 7. [OE. _mis-dēd_.]
#Miself(f)e#, #Myselue(n)#. _See_ Ich, _pron._
#Myserecorde#, _n._ mercy, VI 6. [OFr. _misericorde_.]
#Myshap#, _n._ accident, VIII _b_ 35. [OE. _mis-_ + Hap, _q.v._]
#Myslyke#, _v. impers._ it displeases, is unpleasant to; _subj._ IV _b_
58, V 239. [OE. _mis-līcian_.]
#Missays#, #Messais#, _n._ hardship, suffering, II 262, 325; #Mezeyse#,
III 42. [OFr. _mesaise_, _-eise_.] _See_ Ese.
#Mysse#, #Mys#, _n._ (sense of) loss, VI 4; misery, XVII 551; #Mysses#,
_pl._ offences, faults, V 323. [OE. _miss_, and _mis-_ prefix.] _See_
Amys.
#Misse#, #Mys(se)#, _v._ to miss; _misse (of)_, fail (in), VII 118, XVII
404; to do without, XVII 237; lack, VI 22. [OE. _missan_.]
#Mysspended#, _pp._ misspent, VIII _b_ 97. [OE. _mis-_ + _spéndan_.]
_See_ Spende.
#Myste#, #Mist#, _n._ mist, V 12, VII 108, &c. [OE. _mist_.]
#Miste#, #Myste#. _See_ Myȝt(e).
#Mister#, #Myster#, _n._ need, IV _b_ 58, 67, X 151, 161; #Maister#, in
_hom maister were_, was their duty, VII 35. [OFr. _mest(i)er_,
_meistier_.]
#Myst-hakel#, _n._ cloak of mist, V 13. [OE. _mist_ + _hacele_.]
#Mnam#, _n._ (mina), talent, VIII _a_ 237, 238; #Nam#, VII _a_ 235. [L.
_m(i)nam_, accus.]
#Mo#, _adj._ and _quasi-pron._ more (in number), others, I 133, II 90,
350, V 254, IX 153, XIV _d_ 7, XV _b_ 22, XVI 358, XVII 134, &c.; #Moo#,
XVI 208, 328. [OE. _mā_, compar. adv.]
#Moche#, _adv._ greatly, much, IX 101, 300, XI _b_ 107, 183, &c.; to a
great extent, XIII _b_ 41; #Much(e)#, VI 14, XI _b_ 297, &c. [OE.
_mycel_, _mycle_.] _See_ Mekill, Mor(e), Mo.
#Mochel#, _adj._ (and _quasi-sb._), great, much, XII _a_ 105, _b_ 212;
#Moche#, II 36, III 25, 32, XIII _a_ 51, &c.; #Much#, V 72, 268, VI 244,
&c.; _in so moche_, to the corresponding extent, XI _b_ 232; _in so
moche þat_, in as much as, IX 299. [OE. _mycel_.] _See_ Mekill, Miche,
More.
#Mod#, _n._ mood, temper, VI 41. [OE. _mōd_.]
#Mody#, _adj._ as _sb._ the passionate (lover), XV _b_ 22. [OE.
_mōdig_.]
#Moder#, #-ir#, _n._ mother, II 30, III 40, V 252, XVI 250, &c.;
#Moder#, _gen. sg._ XI _b_ 29; as _adj._ in _modir tunge_, XI _a_ 40.
[OE. _mōdor_.]
#Moȝt(e)#, #Moghte#. _See_ Mai, _v._
#Moyne#. _See_ Mone.
#Moyst#, _adj._ moist, IX 95. [OFr. _moiste_.]
#Mol#, _n._ dust, VI 22 (cf. _mul_, Pearl 905). [OE. _myl_.]
#Mold(e)#, _n._ earth, in tag _(ap)on mold(e)_, on earth, alive, XIV _b_
3, XVI 1, 91, XVII 62. [OE. _mólde_.]
#Mon#. _See_ Man(e).
#Mon(e)#, _n._ complaint, lamentation, grief, II 198, VI 14, VIII _a_
117, XIV _a_ 27. [OE. _*mān_, rel. to Mene, _v._^2]
#Mone#, _n._ moon, XV _b_ 16, 25, XVII 355; #Moyne#, XVII 6; lunar
month, 478; _abouen þe m._, to the skies, ridiculously high, XI _b_ 182.
[OE. _mōna_.]
#Moneday#, _n._ Monday, XIII _a_ 29. [OE. _mōnan-dæg_.]
#Mong#, _prep._ among, VII 120. [Shortened from Amonge, _q.v._]
#Moni#, #-y#. _See_ Mani.
#Moniales#, _n. pl._ nuns, VIII _b_ 80. [Med.L. _moniālis_.]
#Monk(e)#, _n._ monk, V 40, VIII _a_ 322, _b_ 80. [OE. _munuc_.]
#Monthe#, _n._ month, VIII _b_ 52, XII _a_ 34, &c.; _pl._ (orig. _gen._)
in _tuo monthe day_, two months' time, XII _a_ 29 (_see_ Day). [OE.
_mōn(a)þ_.] _See_ Tweluemonth(e).
#Moo#; #Moost#. _See_ Mo; Mor(e).
#Mor#, _n._ moor, V 12, XV _e_ 1, &c. [OE. _mōr_.]
#More#, _adj. compar._ greater, V 32, IX 28, 245, &c.; more, further,
&c. (easily passing into _adv._, as XIV _b_ 3, &c.), II 264, V 180, XVI
106, &c.; _quasi-sb._ a greater amount, more, VI 193, 217, 240 (_see_
Longe _adv._), &c.; _more and les(se)_, _les and more_, all, XVI 383,
XVII 11, 94; _more and myn_, all, XVII 112, 278 (_see_ Myn). #Mast#,
_superl._ greatest, most, X 18, 38, 104; #Most(e)#, XI _b_ 25, XIV _c_
15, XVI 360; _both the m. and the leest_, all, XVII 452; _þe most_,
(the) most (part), I 23. [OE. _māra_; _mǣst_ (late Nth. _māst_,
with vowel of compar.).] _See_ Mekill, &c.
#Mor(e)#, #Mare# (IV, XIV), _adv. compar._ more, VI 193, &c.; forming
_compar._, VI 239, IX 248, XII _b_ 130, &c.; longer, further, in the
future, again, &c. (_esp._ in _no more_, _na mare_, &c.), I 83, 144, IV
_a_ 58, XIV _b_ 3 (or _adj._), &c.; moreover, VI 205; _noȝt ...
more_, not ... either, VI 228; _no more bot_, none the more except that,
V 243. #Mast# (IV), #Moost#, #Most(e)#, _superl._ most(ly), for the most
part, II 12, 33 (_see_ Ony), IV _a_ 77, VII 10, XI _a_ 20, &c.; forming
_superl._, IX 42, &c. [As prec.; for older compar. adv. _see_ Mo.] _See_
Mekill, &c.; Nomore.
#Moreyn#, _n._ plague; _þe furste moreyn_, the Black Death (1349), XIII
_b_ 26. [OFr. _morine_.]
#Morn(e)#, _n._ morning, morrow, I 137, V 282. [OE. _morne_ dat. sg.]
_See_ Morwe.
#Mornyf#, _adj._ mournful, VI 26. [Stem of Mournen + OFr. _-if_; cf.
OFr. _morni_.]
#Mornyng#, _n._ morning, XVII 498. [From Morne.]
#Mornynge#. _See_ Mournen.
#Morter#, _n._ mortar, VIII _a_ 136. [OFr. _mortier_.]
#Morthereres#, _n. pl._ murderers, VIII _a_ 268. [Cf. OE. _myrþra_, OFr.
_mordreour_.]
#Morwe#, #Morow#, _n._ morning, morrow, VIII _a_ 140, XII _a_ 152, _b_
176, &c.; _fram m. til euen_, all day, VIII _a_ 178, (reversed for rime)
XVII 205. [OE. _morgen_.] _See_ Morn(e).
#Most(e)#, &c. _See_ Mor(e), and next.
#Mot(e)#, _v._ may, II 532, V 52, XI _b_ 115, XIV _c_ 87, &c.; must, II
125, 248, VIII _a_ 284, XI _a_ 38, &c.; #Most# (_to_), _2 sg. pres._
must go (to), XV _g_ 3; #Most(e)#, _pa. t._ might, II 233, 330; must, is
(was) bound to, II 468, IX 197, 287, XI _b_ 205; #Must(e)#, XVI 274,
XVII 130 (_2 sg._); _impers._ in _must vs_, we must, XVII 292, 334. [OE.
_mōt_, pa. t. _mōste_.]
#Mote#, _n._ a whit, V 141. [OE. _mot_.]
#Mote#, _v._ to argue, XVI 256 (_see_ note). [OE. _mōtian_.]
#Mournen#, _v._ to mourn, XV _c_ 34; #Mournyng#, _n._ mourning, sorrow,
IV _a_ 72; #Murning#, XIV _b_ 2; #Mornynge#, XI _b_ 118, 125, 130, &c.
[OE. _múrnan_.]
#Moun#. _See_ Mai, _v._
#Mountayne#, _n._ mountain, IX 161, 162, &c. [OFr. _muntai(g)ne_.]
#Mounteȝ#, _n. pl._ hills, V 12. [OE. _munt_; OFr. _munt_.]
#Mouthed#, _pa. t._ uttered, VIII _a_ 234. [From next.]
#Mouþe#, _n._ (_dat. sg._) mouth, II 465; _be mouthe_, by word of m.,
XII _b_ 199. [OE. _mūþ_.]
#Mowe#. _See_ Mai, _v._
#Mowe(n)#, _v._^1 to mow, VIII _b_ 14 (first). [OE. _māwan_.]
#Mowe(n)#, _v._^2 to stack (in mows), VIII _b_ 14 (second). [OE.
_mūga_, _mūwa_, a mow, heap.]
#Mowres#, _n. pl._ Moors, IX 5. [OFr. _Maure_, _More_.]
#Much(e)#. _See_ Moche(l).
#Muged#, _pa. t._ drizzled, was damp, V 12. [Cf. Norw. _mugga_, drizzle,
and _Mug_^4 in _E.D.D._]
#Muk#, #Mukke#, _n._ dung, VIII _a_ 136, XVII 62. [Cf. ON. _myki_.]
#Mullere#, _n._ Miller, XIV _d_ 3, 9. [OE. _*mylnere_.]
#Mulne#, _n._ mill, V 135. [OE. _mylen_.]
#Multiplye(n)#, _v._ to multiply, increase; _trans._ III 1, VIII _a_
120, 323; _intr._ IX 60, XVII 31, 179. [OFr. _multiplier_.]
#Multitude#, _n._ multitude, XI _b_ 228. [OFr. _multitude_.]
#Mun#, _v. auxil._ will (_fut._), XIV _b_ 2. [ON. _munu_.]
#Munt#. _See_ Mynt(e).
#Murgeþ#, _pres. pl._ gladden, XV _b_ 20 (_see_ Miles). [OE.
_(ā-)myrgian_.] _See_ Miri(e).
#Muryly#. _See_ Miri(e).
#Murning#. _See_ Mournen.
#Mused#, _pa. t._ mused; existed, were, V 356 (characteristic action of
'_homo rationalis_' standing for verb 'to be'; cf. _flaȝe_, VI 71).
[OFr. _muser_.]
#Muster#, #-ir#, _v._ to show, manifest, XVI 86, 104, 174. [OFr.
_moustrer_.]
#Na#. _See_ No, Non(e).
#Nabbe#, _1 sg. pres. ind._ have not, XV _f_ 8, 11; #Nade#, _pa. t._ had
not (with another neg.), II 392. [OE. _nabban_, _næfde_.] _See_ Habbe,
Ne.
#Nacion#, _n._ race, nation, XIII _b_ 4, 17. [OFr. _nacion_.]
#Naȝt#, _n._ night; _be naȝt_, by night, by the time night has
come, VI 163. [OE. _næht_.] _See_ Nyght.
#Naȝt#, _pron._ nothing (with neg. adv.), III 18; #Naȝt#,
#Nauȝte#, _adv._ not, VIII _a_ 43; (with neg. verb) III 42. [OE.
_nā-wiht_, _nā(u)ht_.] _See_ Nat, Noȝt.
#Nay(e)#, _adv._ nay, II 131, III 26, XVI 335, &c.; as sb., in
_withoutten nay_, undeniably, XVII 2 (_cf._ No). [ON. _nei_.]
#Nail(e)#, #Nayle#, #Naill(e)#, #Nayll#, _n._ nail, XVII 119, 273, 277;
finger-nail, I 164, 236, II 106, VIII _a_ 62. [OE. _nægel_.] _See_
Naule.
#Nayled#, _pp._ nailed, IV _a_ 86. [OE. _nægl(i)an_.]
#Nale#; _atte nale_ = _atten ale_, at the ale, over their ale, VIII _a_
109. [OE. _alu_.] _See_ Atte.
#Nam#, _1 sg. pres. ind._ am not; _nam bot_, am only, II 430. [OE.
_nam_.] _See_ Ne.
#Nam#. _See_ Mnam, Nyme.
#Name#, _n._ name, I 37, VII 60, XV _i_ 10, &c.; good name, praise, XI
_b_ 257; #Nome#, VII _introd._; _be name_ (_nome_), by name,
individually, I _introd._, 46, VII 37; _by name_, especially, XVI 190;
_bi Godes name_ (oath), II 316. [OE. _nama_, _noma_.]
#Nameles#, _adj._ (as a name) Nameless, Nobody, XIV _d_ 2. [OE. _nama_ +
_-lēas_.]
#Namely#, #-liche#, _adv._ namely, especially, I 264, VIII _a_ 55, XI
_b_ 253. [OE. _nama_ + _-līce_.]
#Namore#; #Nane#. _See_ Nomore; Non(e), _pron._
#Nar(e)#, _pres. ind. pl._ are not (with neg.), II 390, V 24. [OE.
_naron_.] _See_ Ne.
#Narwe#, _adj._ narrow, mean (dwelling), II 483. [OE. _nearu_.]
#Nas#, #Nes# (III), _pa. t. sg._ (usually with neg.) was not, II 98,
150, 354, III 42, XV _g_ 28; #Nere#, _pl._ II 123; _subj._ would be, II
457. [OE. _næs_ (Kt. _nes_); _nǣron_, _nǣre_.]
#Nat#, _neg. adv._ not, I 12, 97, 132, VIII _b_ 93. [Reduced form of
Naȝt, _q.v._]
#Natheles#. _See_ Noþeles.
#Nature#, _n._ nature, XII _a_ 113. [OFr. _nature_.]
#Nauȝte#. _See_ Naȝt.
#Nauȝty#, _adj._ (worth nought), penniless, VIII _a_ 218. [Cf. OE.
_nāht-lic_.] _See_ Naȝt.
#Nauy#, _n._ navy, VII 111, 143. [OFr. _navie_.]
#Naule#, _n._ finger-nail, VI 99. [ON. _nagl_, or OE. _nægl_,
_*naglas_.] _See_ Naile.
#Nauþer#, #Nawþer#, V, VI; #Noþer#, I, VIII, XIII; #Nouþer#, #-ur#, XIV
_c_; #Nowder#, XVII; #Nowþer#, #Nowther#, XIV _b_; #Nowthir#, XVI;
_adv._ neither, either (after a neg.), V 299; _conj._ neither (foll. by
_ne_, _nor_), I 118, V 206, XIV _b_ 75, 78, _c_ 57, 62, XVI 287, XVII
534, &c.; (foll. by _then_) XVII 535; nor, XIII _a_ 13, 37. [OE.
_nā-hwæþer_, _nō-hwæþer_, _nā(w)þor_, _nōþer_, &c.] _See_
Neyther, Noiþer.
#Nawhere#. _See_ Nowhar(e).
#Ne#, _adv._ not (preceding verb), I 73, V 74, VIII _a_ 138, 172, &c.;
(usually with another neg., esp. _noȝt_, &c.), I 71, 156, III 18, VI
2, &c.; coalescing with auxil. verbs, _see_ Nabbe, Nam, Nar(e), Nas,
Nil, Nis, Not; _conj._ nor, I 118, 160, IV _a_ 2, &c.; _ne ... ne_,
neither ... nor, nor ... nor, I 158, IX 201; (foll. by another neg.)
and, I 12, 153, VIII _a_ 280, IX 181, &c. [OE. _ne_.]
#Nede#, #Neid# (X), _n._ need, IV _b_ 67, X 18, XI _b_ 259, XVII 426;
_at nede_, in time of need, VIII _a_ 113; _pl._ wants, business, V 148.
[OE. _nēd_.]
#Nedes#, _adv._ needs, of necessity, II 468, IX 288, XI _b_ 205. [OE.
_nēdes_.]
#Nedeth#, #Nudeþ#, _pres. (impers.) sg._ (it) is necessary, VIII _a_
240, _b_ 20; _hem nedeth_, they have need, VIII _a_ 203; #Neyd#, with
mixed constr. in _neyd thowe_, you need, XVI 242. [OE. _nēodian_;
_cf._ next.]
#Nedid#, _pa. t._ compelled, XI _b_ 75; _pp._ XI _b_ 9, 35. [OE.
_nēdan_.]
#Nedeful(l)#, #Nedfull#, _adj._ necessary, IX 113, 131, XI _a_ 51. [OE.
_nēd_ + _-ful_.]
#Nedy#, _adj._ needy, in want, VIII _a_ 15, 218; as jocular name, XVII
405. [OE. _nēadig-_, _*nēdig_.]
#Nedle#, _n._ needle (of compass), IX 124, &c. [OE. _nēdl_.]
#Nee#. _See_ Nyȝ.
#Negh# (_nere_), _v. intr._ to approach, XVI 224; #Nyghys#, _3 sg.
pres._ XVII 370; #Neighed#, _pa. t._ VIII _a_ 294. [From Nyȝ, _q.v._]
#Neid#; #Neyd#; #Neiȝe#; #Neir#. _See_ Nede; Nedeth; Nyȝ; Ner(e).
#Neyther#, #Neiþer#, _adv._; _ne neyther_, and neither, VIII _a_ 276;
_neiþer ... ne_, neither ... nor, XI _b_ 190, 286. [OE. _ne_ +
_ǣgþer_; cf. _nāhwæþer_.] _See_ Nauþer, Noiþer.
#Nek#, _n._ neck, V 187, 242. [OE. _hnecca_.]
#Neltow#. _See_ Nil.
#Nemeled#, _pp._ named, mentioned, XV _i_ 10. [OE. _nemnan_, with _mn_ >
_ml_.]
#Nempned#, _pa. t._ named, II 600. [OE. _nemnan_.] _See_ Neuen(e).
#Ner(e)#, #Neir# (X), _compar. adj._ and _adv._ nearer, I 255; as
_pos._, near, X 77, XII _b_ 114, XVI 43, 224, XVII 370; _adv._ nearly,
VIII _a_ 171, XVII 412; _prep._ near (to), VI 44, VIII _a_ 294, X 67;
#Nest#, _superl._ next, I 215; #Next(e)#, nearest, VII 13; next, I 138,
&c. [OE. _nēar(a)_, compar. (cf. ON. _nǽr_, compar. and pos.);
_nē̆st(a)_, _nē̆xt(a)_.] _See_ Nyȝ.
#Nere#, #Nes#. _See_ Nas.
#Nesch#, _adj._; _quasi-sb._ (what is) soft, pleasant, VI 246. [OE.
_hnesce_.]
#Nest#. _See_ Ner(e).
#Nest(e)#, _n._ nest, IV _b_ 36, IX 252, XIII _a_ 22. [OE. _nest_.]
#Neuen(e)#, _v._ to name, mention, I _introd._, XVII 12. [ON. _nefna_.]
#Neuer(e)#, _adv._ never, I 152, VIII _a_ 23 &c.; not at all, I
_introd._, XVII 313; _neuer sa_, _so_, no matter how, IV _a_ 75, V 61,
VI 211; _neuer þe lesse_, nevertheless, I 71. [OE. _nǣfre_.]
#New(e)#, #Nw(e)# (V, VI), _adj._ new, II 217, V 176, 332, VI 167, VIII
_a_ 294, &c.; _quasi-sb._ IX 275; _na new_, no new thing, IV _a_ 42;
_for new_, in exchange for new (ones), VII 13; _adv._ anew, II 593;
newly, V 155; _now newe_ (OE. _nū nīowan_), just lately, XVI 314.
[OE. _nīowe_.]
#Next#; #Nye#. _See_ Ner(e); Noy(e).
#Nyghys#. _See_ Negh.
#Nyght#, #Niȝt#, #Nyȝt#; #Nycht# (X); #Nyht# (XII); _n._ night, I
29, II 370, VII 127, X 197, XII _a_ 68, &c.; _be nyȝt_, _nyhte_
(dat.), at night, XII _a_ 117, 131, XV _i_ 15; _on nyght_, at night, XV
_h_ 22; _see_ next. [OE. _niht_.] _See_ Naȝt.
#Nyghtes#, #Nihtes#, #Nytes# (XV), _adv._ at, by, night, XV _c_ 21; with
prep., _a nyghtes_, _be nytes_, VIII _b_ 16, XV _i_ 20. [OE. _nihtes_.]
#Nyght-rest#, _n._ rest at night, IV _a_ 83. [OE. _niht_ + _rest_.]
_See_ Ryste.
#Nygromansye#, _n._ necromancy, black magic; (used vaguely as) impious
nonsense, XI _a_ 5. [OFr. _nigromanc(i)e_.]
#Nyȝ#, #Nyh#, #Nee# (IV), #Neiȝe# (II), _adv._ nigh, at hand,
close (by), XII _a_ 155, _b_ 13, XIII _a_ 52, _b_ 61; _nyh aboute_, near
at hand, XII _a_ 74; almost, II 199; _prep._ near (to), IV _a_ 11
(note), XII _b_ 29. [OE. _nē(a)h_.] _See_ Ner(e), Welneȝ.
#Nyȝt-olde#, _adj._ kept over night, a day old, VIII _a_ 303. [OE.
_niht-áld_.]
#Nyhte#, _v._ to become night, grow dark, XII _b_ 19. [From Nyght, _n._]
#Nyhtegales#, _n. pl._ nightingales, XV _b_ 5. [OE. _nihtegale_.]
#Nil#, _1, 3 sg. pres. ind._ will not (usually with another neg.) II
211, 332, 338; #Nul#, XV _g_ 20; #Neltow# (nelt + þow), _2 sg._ VIII _a_
149; #Nule#, _pl._ XV _g_ 25; #Nold(e)#, _pa. t._ would not, was
unwilling to, II 140, 280, V 163, VIII _a_ 232; _subj._ V 82; _wold ich
nold ich_, whether I would or not, willy nilly, II 154. [OE. _nyllan_,
_nellan_; _nólde_.] _See_ Ne.
#Nym(e)#, _v._ to take, catch, seize; receive; take one's way, go (cf.
_haþ þe way ynome_, II 477); VIII _a_ 43; _nyme to þyseluen_, take upon
yourself, be responsible for, V 73; #Nymmeth#, _imper. pl._ VIII _a_ 15;
#Nam#, _pa. t. sg._ I 76, II 154, XII _b_ 84, 156; #Nom#, III 53; XII
_b_ 182; #Nom(e)#, _pl._ I 233, II 92, 287, VI 227; #Ynome#, _pp._ II
182, 193, 403, 477, 565 (note). [OE. _niman_.] _See_ Vndernome.
#Nyne#, _adj._ nine, XIII _b_ 33. [OE. _nigon_.]
#Nis#, #Nys#, _3 sg. pres. ind._ is not (usually with another neg.), II
131, 306, 552, XII _b_ 118, XIV _c_ 27, XV _c_ 25. [OE. _nis_.] _See_
Ne.
#Nist#; #Nytes#. _See_ Not, _v._; Nyghtes.
#No#, #Na# (IV), _adj._ no, none, (with neg.) any, I 11, 156, IV _a_ 16,
36, 42 (_see_ Newe), &c.; #Non(e)# (before _h_ or vowel, or sep. from
noun) I 15, 160, II 354, 392, V 38, VIII _a_ 54, IX 182, &c.; _na (no)
kyn_, _see_ Kyn, Þinge; _non oþer_, nothing different, _see_ Oþer(e);
_na thyng_, _no þing_, _see_ Þinge; #Nones#, _gen. sg._ in _n. cunnes_,
_see_ Kyn. [OE. _nān_.] _See_ Non(e), _pron._
#No#, #Na#, _adv._ not, no, I 79, II 84, IV _a_ 58, &c.; _see_ Mor(e),
No-more. Used in II as equivalent of Ne (_q.v._); _adv._ not, II 84,
147, 225, &c.; _conj._ nor, and (with neg.), II 140, 150, &c.; _no ...
no_, neither ... nor, II 229. As _sb._ in _wiþouten no_, undeniably, II
50 (_cf._ Nay). [OE. _nā_.]
#Noble#, #Nobel#, #-ill#, #-ull#, _adj._ noble, excellent, II 48, VII 5,
49, XIII _b_ 67, XIV _b_ 65, _c_ 18, XVII 128, 276, &c. [OFr. _noble_.]
#Nobleie#, _n._ splendour; _fame and n. of þe world_, ? reputation for
splendour among men, XI _b_ 235. [OFr. _nobleie_.]
#Noblesse#, _n._ nobility, in _ȝoure ... noblesse_ as form of
address, IX 270. [OFr. _noblesse_.]
#Nobot#, _conj._ only, V 114. [OE. _nā_ + _būtan_.]
#Noȝt#, #Noght(e)#, #Noth# (XV _f_), #Nouȝt(e)#, #Nouht#, #Nout#,
&c., and reduced #Not#, _adv._ not at all, not, I 64, 86, II 22, 73,
348, IV _b_ 2, VIII _a_ 46, _b_ 94, XV _f_ 7 (_see_ App. p. 278), &c.;
(with further neg.) I 15, II 306, 336, IX 196, &c. [OE. _nā-(wi)ht_,
_nō-(wi)ht_.] _See_ Naȝt.
#Noȝt#, #Noght(e)#, #Nocht#, #Nouȝt(e)#, _n._ nothing, VIII _a_
142, 241, X _introd._, XI _a_ 4, XVII 96, 287; (with addit. neg.), VI
160; _for noȝt_, to no purpose, I 183, XIV _b_ 55; no good, in
_nouȝt nis_ (_nere_), is (would be) impossible, II 131, 457 (_cf._
OE. _nāht_, worthless). [As prec.]
#Noy(e)#, #Nuy#, #Nye# (V), _n._ harm, distress, V 73, VII 149, XIII _a_
49; _noy for to here_, grievous to hear (_cf._ Pine, Reuþe), VII 133.
[Shortened from OFr. _anoi_, _anui_; with Nye compare Byled, Strye.]
#Noye#, _v._ to do harm, XIII _a_ 36. [Shortened from OFr. _anoier_.]
#Noys(e)#, #Noise#, _n._ noise, I 75, VII 133, XV _h_ 3, &c. [OFr.
_noise_.]
#Noise#, _v. intr._ to make a noise, XII _a_ 78 (note). [From prec.]
#Noiþer#, _pron._ neither, II 324; _conj._ in _noiþer ... no_, neither
... nor, II 346. [Nauþer, Noþer infl. by Neyþer.]
#Nolde#. _See_ Nil.
#Noman#, _n._ nobody, XII _a_ 67, _b_ 8, &c. [OE. _nān_ + _mann_.]
#Nombre#, #Nowmber#, _n._ number, VII 86, IX 195. [OFr. _numbre_,
_nombre_.]
#Nom(e)#. _See_ Name, Nym(e).
#Nomore#, _n._ nothing more, VIII _a_ 90; #Namore#, VIII _a_ 140. [OE.
_nā_ + _māre_, neut.] _See_ Mor(e).
#Non(e)#, #Nane# (IV, X), _pron._ none, not one, I 197, V 102, X 143,
XII _b_ 13, XIII _a_ 23, &c.; no one, (with neg.) any one; I 153, II
423, IV _a_ 13, V 36, VI 83, X 130, &c. [OE. _nān_.] _See_ No, _adj._