单词 | to nick —— with nay |
释义 | > as lemmasto nick —— with nay a. transitive. In to nick —— with nay (and variants): to answer (a person) in the negative; to deny (a thing). archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > negate [verb (transitive)] to nick —— with nayc1330 no1835 c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 2188 (MED) No wold þai nick him wiþ no nay, What so euer he asked. c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 148 Ȝif I nikke hem with nai, hit helpeþ me nouȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3917 (MED) Laban o leue þam nicked nai. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4382 Has þou nicked me wit nay? c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 26 (MED) Seche and þou schalt fynd..Nyk not þis with nay. a1450 (a1400) Athelston (1951) 503 (MED) On here knees þey kneleden adoun And prayden hym off hys benysoun; He nykkyd hem wiþ nay. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii*v Lord wendis on your way Yone berne nykis yow with nay. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 364 And sua he neckit thame with nay. ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) 54 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 231 But he nicked them with nay, and none of yt woulde. 1603 Philotus xxxii. sig. B3 Sweit sucker, neck me not with nay, Bot be content to tak him. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. xi. 363 I have but one boon to ask, I trust you will not nick me with nay. < as lemmas |
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