Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Myte (2), mite, insect; Mytes, pl. D 560. A.S. mīte.

Mytre, s. mitre, 14. 7.

N', for ne, not; as in nacheveth for ne acheveth, and the like.

Na, no (Northern), A 4175.

Na mo, i.e. no more, none else, B 695; Na-mo, G 543. See Mo.

Nacheveth, for ne acheveth, achieves not, T. v. 784.

Naciouns, pl. nations, A 53.

Nadde, pt. s. (for ne hadde), had not, R. 457; L. 278; H 51; pt. pl. G 879; Nad, 3. 224.

Naddre, s. adder, E 1786, I 331; Nadres, pl. adders, B 5. m 5. 4. A.S. nædre, næddre. See Neddre.

Nadir, s. the point of the ecliptic exactly opposite to that in which the sun is situate, A. ii. 6. 1; see l. 8. Arabic nadhír es-semt, i.e. opposite to the zenith, for which the term nadhír simply, signifying 'opposite,' was commonly used.