A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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(Naucht,) Naught, Nacht, adv. [e.m.E. and ME. naught, ME. nauȝt, nacht, etc., OE náw(u)ht, náht: cf. Nocht.] Not. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 94 (Ch. & M.).
He will naught lat me lif allane 15.. Clariodus i. 1492.
Naught may my wits all inewgh suffais Ȝour ladyschipe to thanke c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 606.
I nacht decerne that thing 1570 Leslie 135.
The King wes nacht content
