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单词 nauther
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nautherpron.adv.adj.

Brit. /ˈnɔːðə/, U.S. /ˈnɔðər/, /ˈnɑðər/
Forms: Old English nauþær (rare), Old English nauðer, Old English nawðær (rare), Old English nawðer, Old English–Middle English nauþer, Old English–Middle English nawþer, early Middle English nauðær, Middle English nauthir, Middle English nauthyr, Middle English navther, Middle English nawthere, Middle English (1800s English regional (Lancashire)) nawder, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional (chiefly northern)) nauther, Middle English–1500s (1800s– English regional (chiefly northern)) nawther. See also nather adv., pron., and adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English na , no adv.1, whether pron., adj., conj.1, and n.
Etymology: < na, variant of no adv.1 + whether pron., adj., conj.1, and n. Compare Old Frisian nauder , nauther (shortened < nahwedder ). Compare nather adv., pron., and adj., nother pron.1 and adj.1, and nouther pron.
Now English regional (chiefly northern).
A. pron.
= neither pron. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxix. 67 Hiora eaðmetto ne meaht[o]n nauht forstandan, ne huru heora of[ermet]to dydon; swa hwæðer swa hi dydon [ne do]hte him ða nawðer.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xvi. 39 Hi [sc. sælþa & medumnes] gecyðað on heora endunge, þonne hie endiað, þæt hie nauðer [ne bioð].
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Mary Magdalene (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Nouther A man haht him fifty penis, Another an honderet or the prise, And nauther haued penis for to yeld.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 5831 (MED) If þai trow nauþer of þa, þe water of þe flume þou ta & putte it vp a-pon þe lande.
c1460 Ipomedon (Longleat) (1889) 356 (MED) So somun conne þa hie Þat nauthir scaput forbye.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 16 (MED) Thou wold I gaf hym this shefe or this sheyfe; na, nawder of thise ij wil I leife.
1889 Pudsey Olm. 26 For a long time nawther on 'em muft.
B. adv.
= neither adv. 1. rare after 16th cent. (now English regional).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [conjunction] > neither (..nor)
nauthereOE
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > none or not any one of > neither
nauthereOE
noutherOE
notherlOE
neitherc1300
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) li. 401 Nawðer ne ða wohhæmendan, ne ða ðe diofulgieldum ðiowiað..Godes rice ne gesittað.
OE Blickling Homilies 45 Hi þonne ne mihtan nawþer ne him sylfum, ne þære heorde..nænige gode beon.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 23134 Þat loue to knaw, þat nauþer..wille for loue ne awe [etc.].
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 203 Wheþer hade he no helme ne hawb[e]rgh nauþer.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 310 (MED) To neuen this note nomore vs nedys, nawder euen nor morne.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4329 Nauther law ne belefe lenton hom to.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Nauther, neither.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 365 Nauther, neither.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 90 Nawther, also Nowther, and Nother, the pronunciation of neither: an equivalent to the local sound of nither.
C. adj.
= neither adv. 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2837 Nawther company by course hade Kennyng of other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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