Mote, _v._ S. may, 19, 406, 1743, 2545. _Moten_, _pl._ 18. Moun. _See_ Mowe. Mowe, _v._ S. _pres. sing._ may, be able, 175, 394, 675. _Mowen_, _pl._ 11. _Moun_, 460, 2587. _Mait_, _pr. t. 2 p._ mayest, 689. _Mayt_, 845, 852, 1219. _Mayth_, 641. _Maght_, _pa. t. 2 p. s._ mightest, 1348. _Mithe_, _Mithest_, 855, 1218. _Micte_, _Micthe_, _Mithe_, _pa. t. 3 p._ might, 42, 233, 1030, 1080. _Mouchte_, _Moucte_, _Moucthe_, _Mouthe_, _Mowcte_, 145, 356, 376, &c. _Micte_, _Micten_, _Mithen_, _pl._ 232, 516, 1929, 2017. _Mouhte_, _Mouthe_, _Mouthen_, 1183, 2019, 2039, 2328, 2330, &c. V. Pegge’s Anecd. of Engl. Lang. p. iii. Na, _adv._ S. no, 2363, 2530. Nam. _See_ Nime. Nayles, _n. pl._ S. nails, 2163. Ne, _adv._ S. nor, 44, &c. Nede, _n._ S. need, necessity, 9, &c. _Nedes_, _pl._ 1092. Neme. _See_ Nime. Ner, _adv._ S. near, 990, 1949. Nese, _n._ S. nose, 2450. Nesh, _adj._ S. [_nesc_] soft, tender, 2743. _Neys_, 217. Web., Rits. M. R., Rob. Br., Chauc. Still used in N.W. part of England. Neth, _n._ S. net, 752, 808, 1026; _pl._ _netes_, 783. Neth, _n._ S. neat, cattle, 700, 1222. _Netes_, _g. c._ neat’s, 781. Neþeles, _conj._ S. nevertheless, 1108, 1658. Neue, _n._ S. fist, 2405. _Neues_, _pl._ 1917. V. Jam. Neure, _adv._ S. not, never, 80, 672; _neuere a polk_, ne’er a pool, 2685. _Neuere kines_, of no kind, 2691. Ney. _adv._ nigh, near to, nearly, 464, 640, 2619. Neys. _See_ Nesh. Neyþer, Neþe, _pron._ S. neither, not either, 458, 764, 2970, &c. _Noþer_, 2623. _Noyþer_, 2697. Newhen, _v._ S. [_nehwan_] to approach, 1866. In the more recent form to _neigh_ it is used in several of the old Romances, Chauc., and Minot. Nicht, Nicth, _n._ S. night, 533, 575. _Niht_, 2669. _Nith_, 404, 1247, 1754. _Nithes_, _g. c._ of night, 2100. _Nihtes_, _nithes_, _pl._ 2353; _nihtes_, 2999. Nime, _v._ S. _pr. s._ take, _or_ go, 1931. _Nim_, _imp._ take, 1336. _Nam_, _pa. t._ took, 900; went, 2930. _Neme_, _pl._ went, 1207; cf. l. 2201. _Nomen_, took, 2790. _Nomen_, _Numen_, _part. pa._ taken, 2265, 2581. _Nimes_, _imp. pl._ go ye, 2594; _nime_, go we, 2600. In the first sense this verb is common in all the Glossaries, but in the latter sense _To go_ it occurs nowhere but in the Gl. to Rob. Brunne, who, from being a Lincolnshire man, approaches nearer to the language of the present poem than any other writer. [In N.E. to _nim_ is to walk with quick, short steps.] Nis, _for_ Ne is, is not, 462, 1998, 2244. Nither-tale, _n._ S. night-time, 2025. _See_ Chaucer, Prol. l. 97. Noblelike, _adv._ S. nobly, 2640. Nok, _n._ [Belg. _nock_] nook, corner, 820; _nouth a ferthinges nok_, not the value of a farthing. The same phr. is in the _Manuel des Pechés_ of Rob. of Brunne, MS. Harl. 1701, fol. 39. Nomen. _See_ Nime. Non, _adj._ S. no, 518, 685, 1019; no one, 934, 974. Note, _n._ S. a nut, 419. _Nouthe_, 1332. Noþer. _See_ Neyþer. Nou, _adv._ S. now, 328, 1362, &c. _Nu_, 2421, 2460, 2650, &c.