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† notheless, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 no þy læs, 2–5 noþeles(s, (3 -las, 4 ? noþo-), 3 noðeles, -las, 3–4 notheles, 7 nothlesse.
[f. OE. nó no adv.2; in later use perh. also a variant of natheless.]
Nevertheless.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xvi. §4 Ond þeah betwuh þyllecum unrihtum wæs him no þy læs underþeod eall þes middanᵹeard. c1175Lamb. Hom. 23 Noþeles oðerhwile þu suneȝest mid summe of þisse limen ofter þenne þu scoldest. c1205Lay. 141 Þare quene hit of-þouhte; noþeles heo hit þolede. a1250Owl & Night. 1297 Ac noþeles heo hur vnderstod. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 97 In couenant of pes,..Bituex þam noþeles a skrite enselid & writen. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 396 And noþoles God techis to swere by hym in nede. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 60 And noþeles of wynd comys diuers perils and lettynges. 1606Holland Sueton. 148 Yet might hee bee heard nothlesse of them that stoode a farre off. |