Nithe, _v. a._ == lower, bend. Marg. 17 Nithe, _sb._ == hatred, envy. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. AS. níð ---- _v. n._ == strive, emulate. Ps. xxxvi. 8 Nitheful, _adj._ == malicious. M. Ode, 138 Nithemest, _adj._ == nethermost, lowest. Fragm. Sci. 331 Nithing, _sb._ == villain. K. Horn, 202. AS. níðing No, _adv._ ‘no shaltow’ == shalt thou not. Alys. 6925 No, _adj._ == none. 24 B. Noble, _adj._ RG. 367 Nobleman, _sb._ RG. 393 Nobleye, _sb._ == nobility. RG. 376, 420 Nobly, _adv._ RG. 367; [noblelike]. HD. 2640 Noise, _sb._ RG. 151, 396. Fr. noise. Prov. nausa. Lat. nausea Noll, _sb._ == head. Pol. S. 157. AS. cnoll, hnol Nomore, _adv._ [namore]. RG. 384 None, _adj._ before a consonant. RG. 369, 370; [nond]. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 35. ---- == no one. RG. 468 Nook, _sb._ == ‘note’ or value? ‘not a far-things nook.’ HD. 820 Nook, _sb._ == corner, nook. Ps. cxvii. 22. ON. hnocki, a hook; hence an angle or corner Noon, _sb._ RG. 398 North. RG. 14 Northern, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 51 Northward, _adv._ 1127 B. Norye, _sb._ == a foster-child. Alys. 4730 Nose, _sb._ RG. 94 Not, _adv._ [noȝt]. 102 B. Note, _sb._ (in music). St Dunstan, 165 Note, _sb._ == use, power, possession. O. and N. 51. AS. notu. The Jesus Coll. MS. however reads ‘vote,’ i. e. ‘foot’ ---- _v. a._ == employ. O. and N. 1031 Notheles, _adv._ ‘notheles A’ == without the aid of A. Alys. 3658 Nother, _conj._ == nor. RG. 421 Nothfulhede, _sb._ == use, advantage. Ps. xxix. 10 Nothing. RG. 367 Nought, == nothing; [naȝt]. RG. 403; [noȝt]. 1094 B. Nourish, _v. a._ [norysy]. RG. 434, [norischi]. 1876 B. Nourishing, _sb._ == nourishment. Fragm. Sci. 382 Now, _adv._ [nou]. RG. 368; [nouthe]. RG. 458 Nowe, _sb._ == cattle. Body and Soul, 73. Yorksh. ‘nowie.’ ON. naut Nowhere, _adv._ RG. 428 Nowhither, _adv._ Body and Soul, 179 Noy, _v. a._ == annoy. 198 B. Nughtsom, _v. n._ == abound. Ps. lxiv. 14. AS. genihtsumian ---- _v. a._ == make to abound. Ps. xlix. 19 Number, _sb._ RG. 396 Numbering, _sb._ RG. 61 Nun, _sb._ RG. 370. Fr. nonne Nunnery, _sb._ RG. 369 Nut, _sb._ HD. 419. Alys. 5193. AS. hnut Nutmeg, _sb._ Alys. 6792. Fr. muguette, noix muscade Nycke, _v._ == ‘to nycke nay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32 Nyte, _v. a._ == use, enjoy. HD. 941. AS. neotan. ON. nyta Nythemest, == lowest. See Nether O. O, == one. RG. 430, 454 O, == ever. O. and N. 1474. See Oo Oak, _sb._ RG. 22. AS. ǽc Oaken, _adj._ Alys. 6415 Oar, _sb._ HD. 711. AS. ár Oath, _sb._ RG. 383, 506. AS. áð Obedience, _sb._ 921 B. Obeysant, _adj._ == obedient. RG. 503 Obligation, _sb._ RG. 391 Oblige, _v. a._ RG. 12. part. ‘y-obliged.’ RG. 389 Obok, == on the book. HD. 2311 Obon, == on, or in body. HD. 2505. See numerous other exx. of this form in Sir F. Madden’s Gloss. to Havelok under this word Observe, _v. a._ Legend of St Cuthbert in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, _n._ Ocean, _sb._ RG. 40 Ocquerne, _sb._ == dog-leather well dressed. M. Ode, st. 183. Fr. ocaigne