ner, nere, III, 62, 119; 111, 46: nearer. See near.

nere, III, 113, 75: were [it] not.

nere, they nere, III, 112, 50: theyn ere, thine ear.

neshe, III, 445, 31: of delicate quality.

nest, next. See neast.

nettle-dyke, II, 463, 22: wall with nettles growing on it, or near it. Cf. II, 467, 40; 469, 42.

neuk, coat-neuk, II, 107, 4, 5: nook, corner.

new-fangle, I, 272, 9: fond of novelties, capricious, inconstant.

next, I, 412, 27; II, 45, 30, 34: nighest.

nextand, II, 94, 6. See -an.