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ne

  • adverb
  • conjunction
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Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.
Wright's OE grammar
§560;
Grammar
ne, adv.
Not; non, ne
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  • Ic ne dyde

    non feci,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 13.

  • Nis hit swá hit nys

    non, non,

    • 40, 23.

  • Warna ðæt ðú ðæt ne dó

    cave ne hoc facias,

    • 40, 9.

  • Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe?

    • Gen. 3, 1.

  • Hí nyllaþ geswícan ðæt hí óðre men ne reáfigen,

    • Past. 45, tit
      • ;
    • Swt. 335, 4.

  • Ne gǽst ðú ðanone

    non exies inde,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 59.

  • Ne sleh ðu, Ne synga ðú. Ne stel ðú,

    • Ex. 20, 13-15.
no, nay
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  • Ne secge ic eów

    I tell you, Nay,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 51 : 13, 5.

  • Ne secge ic ná,

    • 13, 3.
Grammar
ne, conj.
Nor, neither; ne, neque, nec
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  • Ne tunge ne handa oððe eágan syngion

    ne lingua nec manus oculive peccent,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 44
      • ;
    • Som. 45. 47.

  • Ne ic ne herige ne ic ne tǽle

    nec laudo, nec vitupero,

    • 45, 49.

  • Ne ic ne dyde ne ic ne dó

    neque feci, neque faciam,

    • 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 9.

  • Ne fare gé ne ne fyliaþ,

    • Lk. Skt. 17, 23.

  • Ne hig ne cweðaþ

    neque dicent,

    • 17, 21.

  • Ne him eác nǽfre genóg ne þincþ ǽr hé hæbbe eall ðæt hine lyst,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 124, 6.

  • Suelcum ingeþonce geríst ðæt hé for lícuman tiedernesse ne for woroldbismere ánum wið ða scíre ne winne, ne hé ne síe giétsiende óðerra monna ǽhta,

    • Past. 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 61, 9-11.

  • Ða ðe nóhwæðer ne óðerra monna ne wilniaþ, ne hiora ágen nyllaþ sellan,

    • Past. 45, tit.
      • ;
    • Swt. 335, 1.
ná-wiht, ná-hwæðer;
Etymology
[
Goth. ni
:
O. Sax. ne, ni
:
O. Frs. ne
:
O. H. Ger. ni.
]
Similar entries
v. ná,
Linked entries
v.  næ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23458.

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