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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nave, Naif(f, n.² [Perh. partly corresp. to Norw. dial. nava, var. of neve Neve. Also in mod. Orkney and Shetland and north. Eng. dial. as nave, naive, etc.] A fist. = Neve, Nefe. 1375 Barb. xvi. 129 (C).
With ane trunsioune intill his nave [v.rr. new, neefe] To Schir Colyne sic dusche he gave 1535 Stewart 59829.
This ilk Walter … desirit for to haif That ilk falcone he buir vpoun his naif c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4822 (L).
Those spirituall keis quhilkis Christ to Peter gaif … Unoccupyit, thay hald thame in thair naif [v.r. neif] 1565–6 Inverness Rec. I. 131.
Wyth his stekit naiff 1566–7 Ib. 146.
Wyth his naiffis 1570 Wemyss Chart. 200.
With his fauld naif 1606 Inverness Rec. II. 34.