A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Naht], adv. not, S; see [Nought].

[ Nahte], pt. s. had not, S; see [Owen].

[ Naked], adj. naked, bare, undefended by body-armour, PP, C3; naket, PP, S; nakid, S2; nakit, S2. Phr.: in naked bedde, au lict couché tout nud, Palsg., HD, ND.—AS. nacod; cp. OHG. nakot (Otfrid), Icel. naktr.

[ Naken], v. to lay bare, SkD (s.v. naked).—ONorth. (ge)nacian (Mk. 2. 4).

[ Naker], sb. kettle-drum, S2, C, HD.—OF. nacre, also nagaire, nacaire, naquaire, anacaire (cp. Byzantine Gr. ἀνάκαρον); a word borrowed from the Turks; cp. Kurdish nakára, see Ducange, Diez.

[ Naknen], v. to strip; nacnes, pr. s., S; nakned, pp., HD.

[ Nale]; in phr. Atte nale for At ten ale (at þen ale), at the ale, P. See [Ale].

[ Nam], 1 pr. s. am not, S, S2, P, C; næm, S; nart, 2 pr. s., S, S2; nis, pr. s., is not, S, C, C2; nys, S; nas, pt. s., S, S2, HD, PP; nes, S, S2; nere, pl., S, S2, C; neoren, S; nare, S.—ONorth. nam (= ne am).

[ Nam], pt. s. took, S; see [Nimen].

[ Nameliche], adv. especially, S2, C; see [Nomeliche].