A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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No, adv.4 [e.m.E. and ME. (13th c.), midl. and south. form of Na adv.3] The word expressing negation: No. —a1568 Scott xxxv. 17.
Sall non be so of nochtis, no, Quhilk bene of cursit kind