no-gateadv.
/nəʊˈɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˌnoʊˈɡeɪt/, Scottish English /noˈɡet/ Now English regional (northern) and Scottish. † a. In no way or manner; not at all. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > not > not at all
noughteOE
nothingOE
nonewaysc1225
not a dealc1250
nothing soa1393
no-gatea1400
no-gatesa1400
no waya1400
nowaysa1400
riff no raff?a1400
in (also on, by) no kins way(s) (or wise)c1400
nowisec1425
no whitc1520
none1533
never a dysec1540
vengeance1556
in no sort1561
none ofc1571
nil1581
none1651
nowhat1651
nohow1775
du tout1824
nowt1828
nix1862
nary1895
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 9794 Hou miht þai man of sin ma clene? Certis na gate, als i wene.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 12900 Might it nogat þe wit slipp Þat he self said.
a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl.) (1907) 1071 (MED) Nogate luke þou go hethen Till fourty days be past.
?c1450 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Sion Coll. London) (1907) l. 1087 (MED) He may noght leue ogayne nagate.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) x. 230 Swa that men mycht It spar na gat.
1560 in C. K. Sharpe Hist. Acct. Belief Witchcraft in Scotl. (1884) 44 And adverteis me afoir ȝour cuming in the pairts that we be not awaye na gaite.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. ix. 181 We turned nae gate at a', but just keepit straight forward.
b. Nowhere; (in later use) no distance.
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the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > nowhere
nowhereeOE
never wherea1400
no-gatesa1400
nothera1400
nother-wherea1400
nouthera1400
nouther-wherea1400
nowheres1847
no-gate1879
noplace1880
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xxvii I div not ken hoo it'll be poassible, an' you naegait 'ithin my sicht or my cry.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 144 It's a lang (or It's nae) gate frae here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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