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nán

  • noun
  • adjective
  • pronoun
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Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§471;
Grammar
nán, as adjective,
not one, none, no,
Grammar
nán, without other negatives
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  • Nán mǽrra man wurde ácenned,

    • Menol. Fox 319
      • ;
    • Men. 161.

  • Hit is nánum men getiohhod ac is eallum monnum

    it is not intended for one man, but for all men,

    • Bt. 37, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 188, 15.
Grammar
nán, with other negatives
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  • Ne nán heora án nis ná læsse ðonne eall seó þrynnys

    and no one of them is less than all the Trinity,

    • Homl. Th. i. 284, 1.

  • Nán heort ne onscunode nǽnne león, ne nán hara nǽnne hund, ne nán neát nyste nǽnne andan ne nǽnne ege tó óðrum,

    • 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 168, 9-11.

  • Nán swylc ne cwom....brýd,

    • Exon. Th. 18, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 290.

  • Swá nán óðer ná déþ mónaþ,

    • Menol. Fox 392
      • ;
    • Men. 197.

  • Nán þing ðæs folces belyfen næs

    there was nothing left of the people,

    • St. And. 34, 13.

  • Næs ðæt nán þing wundor ðæt ...

    it was no wonder that,

    • Deut. i. 37.

  • Ða cild ðe niton nánes þinges nán gesceád ne gódes ne yfeles,

    • 1, 39.

  • Seó leáse wyrd ne mæg ðam men dón nǽnne dem, forðam heó nis nánes lofes wyrðe,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 70, 22-24.

  • Ne cyning næ bisceop ne nánes hádes man

    nullus rex aut episcopus, vel aliquis alius potens,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 28.

  • Hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 27.

  • Hé on náne wísan ne mæg forbúgan

    he can in no wise avoid,

    • 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 5.

  • Ðá ne mihton hig him nán word andswarian ne nán ne dorste hyne nán þing máre áxigean,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 22, 46.

  • Ne sǽdon hyt mé náne swá sóðfeste men,

    • Shrn. 204, 22.
Grammar
nán, as predicate
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  • Forhwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor nú ðú náne eart (nán neart, MS. Cott.)

    why do foolish men call thee glory, when thou art none,

    • Bt. 30, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 108, 3.
Grammar
nán, as substantive,
Grammar
nán, absolutely,
none, no man, nothing
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  • Nán mihtigra ðé nis, ne nán ðín gelíca,

    • 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 128, 11.

  • Nán in nearowe néþan móste,

    • Exon. Tb. 436, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 54, 13.

  • Ðam wæs nán tó gedále,

    • Cd. Th. 84, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1400.

  • Hé nolde nǽnne forlǽtan ðe him fylgian wolde,

    • Hy. Grn. 10. 38.

  • Deáþ náne forlét,

    • Met. 10, 66.
Grammar
nán, with partitive genitive
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  • Næs ǽnig engel geworden, ne ðæs miclan mægen-þrymmes nán,

    • Exon. Th. 22, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 352.

  • Him ne mæg ealdfeónda nán átre sceþþan,

    • 229, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 449.

  • Gúþbilla nán,

    • Beo. Th. 1610
      • ;
    • B. 803: 1980
      • ;
    • B. 988.

  • Næs heora neáta nán geyfelad

    jumenta eorum non sunt minorata,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 37.

  • Ne þearf hæleþa nán wénan,

    • Met. 7, 6.

  • Hwæt wille gé cueðan hwæs oððe hwæs gé síen ? gé habbaþ gecýðed ðæt gé úres nánes ( = úre nánes) ne siendon

    quid vos hujus vel illius dicitis, qui nullius vos esse monstratis ?

    • Past. 32, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 211, 14.

  • Nánne ne sparedon ðæs herefolces,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 40
      • ;
    • Jud. 233.

  • Náne þinga beór ne drince

    on no account let him drink beer,

    • Lchdm. ii. 88, 10.
Etymology
[
Icel. neinn
:
cf. O. Sax. nén
:
O. H. Ger. nein (particle of negation).
]
Similar entries
v. nǽnig.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nán.” 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/23433.

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  • nán, n.; adj.; pronoun.

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