nobbutprep.conj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈnɒbət/, U.S.

/ˈnɑbət/

Forms:

α. Middle English no bit (transmission error), Middle English no bot, Middle English nobot, Middle English no but, 1900s– nobut (Irish English (northern)); English regional (northern) 1700s– nobbut, 1800s nobber, 1800s nobbet, 1800s nobt, 1800s no'but, 1800s– nobbat, 1800s– nobberd, 1800s– nobbit, 1800s– nobbud, 1800s– nobbur, 1800s– nobud, 1800s– nobut; also Scottish pre-1700 no but, 1800s nobut.

β. Middle English ne bot, Middle English–1600s ne but; English regional (northern) 1800s– nebber, 1800s– nebberd, 1800s– nepper, 1900s– nebbut.

γ. 1500s na but; English regional (northern) 1800s– na' but, 1900s– nabbud (Lincolnshire), 1900s– nabbut (Lincolnshire); Scottish 1800s na but.

δ. English regional (northern) 1900s– nubbut.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, but conj.

Etymology: < no adv.¹ + but conj.The β and γ forms may rather be independent formations in ne adv.¹ and na , variant of no adv.¹, respectively.

Now English regional (chiefly northern).

A. prep.

Except, other than. Now rare.

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxvi. 2 To whom forsoþe shal I beholden no but [L. nisi] to þe porelet & contrit in spirit.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Mark v. 37 He resceyuede not ony man to sue him no but Petre and James.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2182 (MED) Al watz holz in-with, nobot an olde caue.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 224 (MED) Here is noon other thing no but the hous of God.

1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Aw've nowt to leov nobbut mi cloas.

B. conj.

†1. Unless. Obsolete.In quot. a1382 perhaps a mistranslation of Latin nisi.

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xlix. 29 If þe litle childer of þe king shul not þrowen hem doun! no but [a1425 L.V. if; L. nisi] þei shul scateren with hem þer dwellyng!

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. v. 20 Y say to ȝou, no but [a1425 L.V. that but] ȝif ȝoure riȝtwisnesse shal be more plenteuouse than of scribis and Pharisees, ȝee shulen not entre in to kyngdam of heuenes.

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 37 (MED) He that swerith thus..be deposid or degratid..no but he amende himsilf.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxiv. 6 No but [a1382 E.V. (Bod 959) ne but] visitacioun is sent out of the hiȝeste, ȝyue thou not thin herte in tho dremes.

2. Except that. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1802 D. Wordsworth Grasmere Jrnls. 19 June (1991) 111 ‘Hallo! has aught particular happened,’ said John to the Boy ‘Nay naught at aw nobbut auld Willy's dead.’

c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 96 Thou mindest me of a sister I lost; she'd eyes like thine..nobbut she favert redder i' t' face and spoke broader.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 36 This Billy hed a granfather just such another man for all the warld as he is, nobut he wasn't lame.

C. adv.

Only, merely, just.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > simply, only, or merely

butOE

onlya1325

alone?c1335

purelya1375

alonelya1400

nobbuta1400

simplya1400

plain1535

barely1577

merelyc1580

purea1616

singly1655

just1668

sommer1835

maara1931

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > unless

except1377

nobbuta1400

unless1531

'cept1851

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 22740 (MED) Þat com was bath dern and hidd And nobot [a1400 Coll. Phys. no bit; a1400 Gött. bot] quon men to kidd.

?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) 4 Kings xviii. 4 Gloss. No thing of Godhed was in it..no but copir was there.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia (1885) 8 177 No but elleuene tymes..she toke bodily mete.

a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 7512 (MED) Ihesu in sepulcre lay no bot only daies thre.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hi^v This boy ran once for feare of whip, And na but once from me.

1788 I. Ritson Copy of Let. wrote by Young Shepherd (rev. ed.) 7 Dublin town luik'd like a girl foald full of sheep at yan cud nobbut just see t' heeds on.

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 3 Nobbet sit your ways still, the truth I's tell.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. xxv. 339 I nobbut wanted to know if they'd getten him cleared?

1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 87 He's but half a man that Missie, nobbut one of oursens dressed up like.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. v. 196 It's nobbut Thursday, isn't it? Well, it seems like months.

1963 Times 25 May 9/7 Mr. Vernon Horsfall still makes clogs. ‘But it's a mak a finished is t'trade, you know. It's nobbut farmers and folk in weaving sheds.’

1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) iv. 136 ‘Nobbut a big, fail fuzzock,’ and Rachel knew enough of their stupid broad dialect by now to know that she was an ugly donkey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nobbut
释义	nobbutprep.conj.adv. Brit. /ˈnɒbət/, U.S. /ˈnɑbət/ Forms: α. Middle English no bit (transmission error), Middle English no bot, Middle English nobot, Middle English no but, 1900s– nobut (Irish English (northern)); English regional (northern) 1700s– nobbut, 1800s nobber, 1800s nobbet, 1800s nobt, 1800s no'but, 1800s– nobbat, 1800s– nobberd, 1800s– nobbit, 1800s– nobbud, 1800s– nobbur, 1800s– nobud, 1800s– nobut; also Scottish pre-1700 no but, 1800s nobut. β. Middle English ne bot, Middle English–1600s ne but; English regional (northern) 1800s– nebber, 1800s– nebberd, 1800s– nepper, 1900s– nebbut. γ. 1500s na but; English regional (northern) 1800s– na' but, 1900s– nabbud (Lincolnshire), 1900s– nabbut (Lincolnshire); Scottish 1800s na but. δ. English regional (northern) 1900s– nubbut. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, but conj. Etymology: < no adv.¹ + but conj.The β and γ forms may rather be independent formations in ne adv.¹ and na , variant of no adv.¹, respectively. Now English regional (chiefly northern). A. prep. Except, other than. Now rare. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxvi. 2 To whom forsoþe shal I beholden no but [L. nisi] to þe porelet & contrit in spirit. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Mark v. 37 He resceyuede not ony man to sue him no but Petre and James. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 2182 (MED) Al watz holz in-with, nobot an olde caue. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 224 (MED) Here is noon other thing no but the hous of God. 1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Aw've nowt to leov nobbut mi cloas. B. conj. †1. Unless. Obsolete.In quot. a1382 perhaps a mistranslation of Latin nisi. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xlix. 29 If þe litle childer of þe king shul not þrowen hem doun! no but [a1425 L.V. if; L. nisi] þei shul scateren with hem þer dwellyng! c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. v. 20 Y say to ȝou, no but [a1425 L.V. that but] ȝif ȝoure riȝtwisnesse shal be more plenteuouse than of scribis and Pharisees, ȝee shulen not entre in to kyngdam of heuenes. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 37 (MED) He that swerith thus..be deposid or degratid..no but he amende himsilf. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxiv. 6 No but [a1382 E.V. (Bod 959) ne but] visitacioun is sent out of the hiȝeste, ȝyue thou not thin herte in tho dremes. 2. Except that. Now rare. ΚΠ 1802 D. Wordsworth Grasmere Jrnls. 19 June (1991) 111 ‘Hallo! has aught particular happened,’ said John to the Boy ‘Nay naught at aw nobbut auld Willy's dead.’ c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 96 Thou mindest me of a sister I lost; she'd eyes like thine..nobbut she favert redder i' t' face and spoke broader. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 36 This Billy hed a granfather just such another man for all the warld as he is, nobut he wasn't lame. C. adv. Only, merely, just. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > simply, only, or merely butOE onlya1325 alone?c1335 purelya1375 alonelya1400 nobbuta1400 simplya1400 plain1535 barely1577 merelyc1580 purea1616 singly1655 just1668 sommer1835 maara1931 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > unless except1377 nobbuta1400 unless1531 'cept1851 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 22740 (MED) Þat com was bath dern and hidd And nobot [a1400 Coll. Phys. no bit; a1400 Gött. bot] quon men to kidd. ?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) 4 Kings xviii. 4 Gloss. No thing of Godhed was in it..no but copir was there. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia (1885) 8 177 No but elleuene tymes..she toke bodily mete. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 7512 (MED) Ihesu in sepulcre lay no bot only daies thre. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hi^v This boy ran once for feare of whip, And na but once from me. 1788 I. Ritson Copy of Let. wrote by Young Shepherd (rev. ed.) 7 Dublin town luik'd like a girl foald full of sheep at yan cud nobbut just see t' heeds on. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 3 Nobbet sit your ways still, the truth I's tell. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. xxv. 339 I nobbut wanted to know if they'd getten him cleared? 1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 87 He's but half a man that Missie, nobbut one of oursens dressed up like. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. v. 196 It's nobbut Thursday, isn't it? Well, it seems like months. 1963 Times 25 May 9/7 Mr. Vernon Horsfall still makes clogs. ‘But it's a mak a finished is t'trade, you know. It's nobbut farmers and folk in weaving sheds.’ 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) iv. 136 ‘Nobbut a big, fail fuzzock,’ and Rachel knew enough of their stupid broad dialect by now to know that she was an ugly donkey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < prep.conj.adv.a1382
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