myrthës can, III, 66, 210: knows pleasant stories.
mysaunter, III, 13, 10: mischance.
myster, III, 68, 244: need, occasion. See mister.
mystery, mysterie, III, 495, B b, after 7; IV, 517, 15: craft.
N
n, carried on from preceding word to following. noo nother, no noder, III, 81, 58; 100, 80: none other. a nother, nether, III, 80, 200; V, [247], 9: an other. a naughtless, noughtless, IV, 286, 12; 287, 5: an aughtless, good for nought. a noke, V, [81], 45: an oke. they nere, they nee, III, 112, 50; 204, b 31: theyn ere, thyn ee. my nane, I, 469, 29 (but nane should probably be name). So, his nawn, her nain (nen), yer nane, as if from hisn, hern, yern, I, 469, 28; III, 269, 1; IV, 132, 13; V, [224], 24. In, an oute-horne, III, 30, 87, n seems to have been carried back, from noute (see V, [297] a). n in nant, III, 35, 24, 31, is an arbitrary prosthesis.
na, nae, no, not: I, 68 f., 12, 22, 31, 44, 51; 107, 3, 8; 310, 9, 11, 13; V, [260], 16. Frequently united with the preceding verb. hadna, I, 343, 5, 18. winna, 354, 27. canno, 368 f., 35, 37, 39. coudna, 369, 51. wadna, 394, 9, 11. shanae, 394, B 1. woudna, 396, 23, 26. shoudna, 396, 27. didna, 397, 12. kensnae, 466, 13. wasnae, 467, 34, etc., etc.
naesaid, IV, 371, 7: refused.
nags, naggs, nogs, III, 480, 11; 481, 8; 484 a, 11: notches, nicks.
nain, own. See n.