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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Nart (for ne art), art not, 1. 26; B 1. p 5. 7; B 3. p 5. 45; G 499.

Narwe, adj. small, B 4012; pl. A 625; close, closely drawn, D 1803.

Narwe, adv. narrowly, closely, T. iii. 1734; A. pr. 51; A 3224; tightly, L. 600; carefully, E 1988.

Narwest, superl. adj. narrowest, smallest, A. i. 18. 4.

Nas (for ne was), was not, 3. 854; 7. 97; A 251, 288, 1216, 1886, B 159, 209, &c.; I nas but, I was simply, 2. 21.

Nassayeth, for ne assayeth, attempts not, T. v. 784.

Nat, adv. not, A 74, 156, 428, B 124, &c.; Nat but, only, merely, L. 1899, 2040; C 403, F 391, 638; quite, L. 2091.

Nat (for ne at), nor at, B 290; see note. Cf. Nin.

Nat forthy, adv. notwithstanding, B 2165.