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† nigon Obs.
Forms: α. 4–6 negon, (5 negyn). β. 4–5 nygun, 5 nyg(g)oun, 5–6 nygon, 6 niggon.
[Of obscure origin: see nig a. and niggard.]
A niggard, miser.
α1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6055 What seye ȝe by þese streyte negons Þat se al day Goddes persones Before hem deye for mysese. 14..Sir Beues (C) 1917 Þus men schal teche odur..Of mete & drynke no negyn to be. c1460Towneley Myst. xxx. 571 The negons thai mowchid and had no will For hart fare. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 19 b, He begynneth to spare his goodes, and waxeth a negon.
β1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5575 Pers was..swyþe coueytous, And a nygun and auarous. c1330― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5721 He was neuere nygon ne nyce. c1386Chaucer Cook's T. 319 My brother is a nyggoun, I swer by Cristes ore. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2033 To you therof kan I be no nygon. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. v. 64/1 He was a very nygon, and was exalted to his empire by the Grekes. 1570Levins Manip. 164/8 A Niggon, parcus.
Hence † ˈnigonry, † ˈnigonship, niggardliness. Obs.
c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. xxxvi. (B.N.C. MS.) lf. 87 Thyne owne false couetise in excusacioun of thyne nygunrye. c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 548 Be nat in youre expenses ouer large, Ne to sca[r]ce by maner of nygonship. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 110 These be y⊇ vices contrary to these vertues,..Auaryce or negonry. |