[nägled], part., nailed?, nail-like?, buckled?: acc. sg. neut. nägled (MS. gled) sinc, [2024].
[näs], st. m., naze, rock projecting into the sea, cliff, promontory: acc. sg. näs, [1440], [1601], [2899]; dat. sg. nässe, [2244], [2418]; acc. pl. windige nässas, [1412]; gen. pl. nässa, [1361].
[a]näs], from ne-wäs (was not). See [wesan].
[a]näs], neg. adv., not, not at all, [562], [2263].
[näs-hlið], st. n., declivity, slope of a promontory that sinks downward to the sea: dat. pl. on näs-hleoðum, [1428].
[næfre], adv., never, [247], [583], [592], [656], [719], [1042], [1049], etc.; also strengthened by ne: næfre ne, [1461].
ge-[nægan], w. v. w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, to attack, press; pret. pl. nîða genægdan nefan Hererîces (in combats pressed hard upon H.'s nephew), [2207]; pret. part. wearð ... nîða genæged, [1440].
[nænig] (from ne-ænig), pron., not any, none, no: 1) substantively w. gen. pl.: nom. sg., [157], [242], [692]; dat. sg. nænegum, [599]; gen. pl. nænigra, [950].—2) adjectively: nom. sg. ôðer nænig, [860]; nænig wäter, [1515]; nænig ... deór, [1934]; acc. sg. nænigne ... hord-mâððum, [1199].
[nære], from ne-wære (were not, would not be). See [wesan].
[ne], simple neg., not, [38], [50], [80], [83], [109], etc.; before imper. ne sorga! [1385]; ne gým! [1761], etc. Doubled =certainly not, not even that: ne ge ... gearwe ne wisson (ye certainly have not known, etc.), [245]; so, [863]; ne ic ... wihte ne wêne (nor do I at all in the least expect), [2923]; so, [182]. Strengthened by other neg.: nôðer ... ne, [2125]; swâ he ne mihte nô ... (so that he absolutely could not), [1509].