nale (A.S.) 124, _the ale_. _see_ atte
namoore (A.S.) _no more_
naught (A.S.) _not, nought_
ne (A.S.) _not_. The negative _ne_ is combined with the verb _to will, to
be_, &c.; as _nelle_, for _ne wille_, _nel, nyl_, for _ne wil_, _nere_, for
_ne were_, _nolde_, for _ne wolde_, _nyste_, for _ne wiste_. It is
sometimes combined with other verbs, as _naroos_, 399, for _ne aroos_. So
we have such expressions as, wol he nele he, 427, i. e. _whether he will or
he will not_
nede (A.S.) _need_
neddre (A.S.) 82, _an adder, venomous serpent_
nedlere (A.S.) 96, _maker of, or dealer in, needles_
neet (A.S.) 411, _cattle_. Farmers still talk of _neat cattle_
neghen (A.S.) _to approach, to near_. _pret. s._ neghed, 425, neghede, 438
neigh (A.S.) _near, nigh_
nempne (A.S.) 397, _to name, call_. _pret. s._ nempned, 397, 404. _part.
pas._ y-nempned, nempned
nevelynge (A.S.) 85, _sniveling_
nygard (A.S.) _niggard_
nymen, nyme (A.S.) 268, 304 426, _to take_. _part. pas._ y-nome, 427
nyppe (A.S.) 379, _a point_ (?)
noble (A.N.) 191, _a gold coin of the value of six shillings and
eightpence_
noght (A.S.) _nought, nothing_
noyen (A.N.) _to injure, annoy, plague_
nones (A.N.) 125, _the hour of two or three in the afternoon_
nonne (A.S.) 86, _a nun_
noon (A.S.) _none_
nounpere (A.N.) 97, _an umpire, an arbitrator_
noughty (A.S.) 130, _possessed of nothing_
noun (A.N.) 366, _no_
nouthe (A.S.) _now_