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† nower, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 3 neower, neouwar, noware, nowor, 3–4 nowar, 3–5 nower (5 -ere), 4 nour(e, 5 nowr(e. β. 3 noȝwer, 4 noȝher, 5 nougher.
[Reduced form of ME. nōhwer nowhere adv., or repr. OE. nāwer nawer.]
Nowhere.
αa1050[see nowhere adv. 1 β]. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 Nusquam tuta fides..Nis nower non trewðe. c1250Owl & Night. 1168 Þu ne myht noware [v.r. nowar] atrute. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2506 Vairor womman nour aboute in none londe nas. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5083 Þey ne myghte nower [v.r. noure] about, Bot þorow hym, haue issue oute. c1380Sir. Ferumb. 415 Nowar nys founde non so wyȝt. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxviii. 128 Alssone come a thikke mirkness.., so þat þai myȝt nower go away.
βc1250Gen. & Exod. 1271 He bad him maken siker pliȝt,..Ðat ne sulde him noȝwer deren. 1382Wyclif Wisd. Prol., The booc of Wisdam anent Ebrues noȝher is. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 11 No richere man was nougher in no coost.
b. Qualifying nigh or near.
a1225Leg. Kath. 2094 Ne schaltu nower neh se lihtliche etsterten. c1230Hali Meid. 9 Nis hit nower neh gold al þat ter schineð. 1483Cath. Angl. 256/2 Nowre nere, longe minus, multum citra.
c. In the combs. nower-where, -whither.
a1300Cursor M. 1082 His broiþer ded sua wend he dil, Pot he moght nourquar it hil. Ibid. 4959 For nour-quider mai we stere, Þair will most we suffer here. a1340Hampole Psalter xxxi. 13 That þe enmy fynde nourwhare inlate. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 147 Þare growez grete plentee of baume and nowere whare elles þat I couthe here off. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 755 Thay ne durst nower ware goo. 1483Cath. Angl. 256/2 Nowre whare, nullicubi, nuspiam, nusquam. |