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, conj.1 [Var. of Na conj.2, appar. only partly as an anglicized form.] Nor.(1) 1379 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 2.
Sa that nowthir I no myn ayres no our assignez [etc.] Ib.
As thing of na valu no of strenthe a1400 Leg. S. iii. 147, 173. 1390 Acts I. 216/2, 217/1. c1400 Troy-bk. i. 596. 1416 Liber Melros II. 539. 1439 Rep. Sir R. Menzies MSS. 691.
Na that the stat no sesine … turn the said Dauid … to ony hurt 1462 Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 371.
That nowdir I no thai … sal nocht sell anale no wedset ony landys [etc.] a1487 Gud Wyf & D. 89.
All be thai neuir so syb no tendir 1470 Prestwick B. Rec. 15.
That … novdir ane no other man no weman … hald cokkis at mvltitud c1475 Wall. v. 779, xi. 968. Brus iv. 653 (C).
Thair sal no mycht, no strinth of hand Ger ȝow furth pas Ib. ix. 453, xiv. 204. 1493 Maxwell Mem. II. 204.
No ȝeit 1494 Loutfut MS. 114 b.
That thai haue not apon thair personnys stane of vertu na herbe charme sorcery no wichcraft nor na thing [etc.] 1499–1500 Acta Conc. II. 374.
[That the defender] aucht nocht til freith no releif the sade Walter 1529 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 14.
In the markat nothir efternone no forrow none nor na tyme of the day nor nycht 1550 Prot. Bk. Sir Wm. Corbet 12.
Nayne of tham no nayne wtheris 1554 Misc. Bann. C. II. 28. a1578 Pitsc. I. 109/32.
Nather the feirfull induring of my darrest spous nor the greiting of my bairnes … no ȝeit the heirscheip of my landis(2) 1381 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 4.
And we our spouse forsaid our heires no nane maner [of man in our names] no because of vs sall make empediment [etc.] 1474 Reg. Morton II. 222.
That I … no myn ayris sal move … ony rycht … rychtwysly no wrangwisly stilly no loud in no to the said lordschip 1515–16 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 64.
The Chancelar and the clerk of consell no the justice nor his justice clerk nocht being present 1535 Stewart 2080.
Stakkis no stoir into na stait ma stand(3) c1475 Wall. i. 169.
No for the Pape thai wald no kyrkis forber Bot gryppyt all a1500 K. Hart 168.
No saw thai nane never wes half sa proude
