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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Nan], adj. none, no, S; see [Non].

[ Nap], sb. cup, S; neppe, dat., S.—AS. hnæp (Voc.); cp. OHG. hnapf, OF. hanap (Bartsch), Low Lat. nappus (Ducange).

[ Nappen], v. to nap, slumber, nod, PP, C3, W. Der.: napping, slumber, W2; nappy, sleep-inducing, S3, ND.—AS. hnæppian.

[ Napron], sb. apron, SkD; naprun, Prompt.—OF. naperon, from nape, a cloth; Low Lat. napa; Lat. mappa (Punic word).

[ Narde], sb. nard, an unguent, W.—Lat. nardus (Vulg.); Gr. ναρδός (Persian word).

[ Narwe], adj. narrow, C; narewe, S; nareu, S; narwȝ, W; nearowe, S; neruwe, S; narwe, adv., closely, PP.—AS. nearu, adv. nearwe.

[ Nas], pt. s. was not, S, S2; see [Nam].

[ Nat], for Ne at, nor at, S2.

[ Nað], pr. s. has not, S, PP, S2; see [Nabben].

[ Natiuite], sb. nativity, S2, C2.—OF. nativité (Cotg.); Lat. natiuitatem.