† naisadj.

Forms: Middle English nais, Middle English nars (transmission error); also Scottish 1700s ness, 1700s nuce (irregular), 1800s nace.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic neiss ashamed; and also Old Icelandic neisa (Icelandic hneisa), Faroese neis, neisa, Old Swedish nesa (Swedish nesa), Norwegian (Nynorsk) neis, early modern Danish nēsæ shame, disgrace); further etymology uncertain.The word is chiefly used in combination with naked adj. (see e.g. quots. a1400¹, a1400², and 1871); compare similar use in Old Icelandic in the collocation nøkkviðr ok neiss naked and ashamed, and in the proverb neiss er nøkkviðr halr a naked man is ashamed.

Obsolete. rare (in later use Scottish).

Ashamed; vulnerable; destitute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > very poor or destitute

(as) poor as JobOE

nakedOE

voidc1374

naisa1400

vacant1430

(as) drunk, (also mad, poor, rank, weak, etc.) as a rat?1548

Hungarian1608

pauper1690

destitute1735

farthingless1834

pebble-beached1890

piss-poor1945

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Nais He bes ful redi..To..mak us baþe nakid and nais.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 989 (MED) Adam was out don nars [read nais; a1400 Fairf. pore] and naked In to þe land quar he was maked.

1795 in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 385 A nuce [read nace], or ness family, means a destitue family.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxi. 159 A peer [= poor] nace nyaukit beggar creatur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	nais
释义	† naisadj. Forms: Middle English nais, Middle English nars (transmission error); also Scottish 1700s ness, 1700s nuce (irregular), 1800s nace. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic neiss ashamed; and also Old Icelandic neisa (Icelandic hneisa), Faroese neis, neisa, Old Swedish nesa (Swedish nesa), Norwegian (Nynorsk) neis, early modern Danish nēsæ shame, disgrace); further etymology uncertain.The word is chiefly used in combination with naked adj. (see e.g. quots. a1400¹, a1400², and 1871); compare similar use in Old Icelandic in the collocation nøkkviðr ok neiss naked and ashamed, and in the proverb neiss er nøkkviðr halr a naked man is ashamed. Obsolete. rare (in later use Scottish). Ashamed; vulnerable; destitute. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > very poor or destitute (as) poor as JobOE nakedOE voidc1374 naisa1400 vacant1430 (as) drunk, (also mad, poor, rank, weak, etc.) as a rat?1548 Hungarian1608 pauper1690 destitute1735 farthingless1834 pebble-beached1890 piss-poor1945 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Nais He bes ful redi..To..mak us baþe nakid and nais. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 989 (MED) Adam was out don nars [read nais; a1400 Fairf. pore] and naked In to þe land quar he was maked. 1795 in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 385 A nuce [read nace], or ness family, means a destitue family. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxi. 159 A peer [= poor] nace nyaukit beggar creatur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1400
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