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noutherpron.adv.1conj.adj.Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ne adv.1, outher pron. Etymology: < ne adv.1 + outher pron. Compare Old Frisian nouder (shortened < noweder ). Compare nather adv., pron., and adj., nauther pron., adv., and adj., nother adj.2 and pron.2, nother pron.1 and adj.1, nother adv.1 Now English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish. A. pron.the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > none or not any one of > neither OE Agreement between Bp. Wærferð & Æðelwold (Sawyer 1441) in F. E. Harmer (1914) 25 He næfre ne heora nowðer hine bereafian wolde þære mæstreddene. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þe king & Randolf eorl..treuthes fæston ðæt her nouþer sculde besuiken other. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 12872 Þatt nowwþerr þeȝȝre nohht ne laȝȝ. I nane depe sinness. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 31 Ah totin ut wið uten uuel ne mei ower nowðer [a1250 Nero nouþer of ou]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 10065 Þenne nis him neouðer [c1300 Otho noþer] god, no þat lond no þat flod. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in (1877) 57 242 (MED) Nouþer of hem nedde a peny to ȝelde, And he kudde corteysliche and belde And forȝaf hem heore dette boþe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 119v Tweye bodies þat ben blisful, as bodies schal be in þe blisse of heuene, may nouȝt be in oo place and stede, for nouthir of hem may be material in none wyse to þat oþir. a1400 (c1250) (Egerton) (1966) 976 (MED) Nouther ne wyl other deed seene; Þey lete it falle hem bytwene. 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright (1861) II. 95 As I wene the Holigost appreveth nether nouther. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1842 (MED) Nouther of þam wald other forga. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 6528 (MED) He shal..holde hem togidre faste so Þat nouþer outraye oþer fro. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 49 Nouthir of the parties had power to stryke a strake. 1572–3 (1937) 434 He suld nocht be compellit to entir in pley..except in thre caces..and it is swa that this actioun is nowther of thay thre. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 98 Quhen baith ar present, thay ar seine in nouther of thame to delyte mekle. 1833 J. Close 159 Mappen nouder ev us. 1868 J. Young 15 Whether to class't mule, naig or cuddy; Or, aiblins, nouther o' the three. 1890 R. T. Farquhar 8 Nowdther on 'em's natur. B. adv.1 (and conj.) the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > neither the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > no, none, or not any > neither α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) i. 25 Gif hi nouðer gecnawan ne cunnan ne ða medtrymnesse ne eac ða wyrta ðe ðærwið sculon. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Ne for baren hi nouther circe ne cyrceiærd. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 9 Ȝef þu sungedest to-ward þine drihtene..nouþer gold ne seoluer ne moste gan for þe. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 27 Ah wið him ne schule ȝe nowðer uerseilin ne singen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 15063 Nouðer quic ne dead, ne durren heo me abiden. c1325 in T. Wright (1842) xxxvii. 102 When thou shalt deȝe, ner thou nost nouther day ne nyht. J. Gaytryge (York Min.) (1901) 64 (MED) And the ferthe is that he that takes it Be nouthir of lered ne of lawed, baptized before. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) ii.1412 He was nouther ther ne hiere. c1450 J. Lydgate (Sloane 2464) 1147 (MED) With Oute..cherysshyng of the Reyn, In his bewte Comyth nouthir flour nor greyn. ?c1450 (1891) 806 (MED) Þai had ȝitt nouthir house no halde. 1530 J. Palsgrave 688/2 It never ceaseth nouther daye nor nyght. 1567 (1897) 110 Thay haif a mouth can nouther say nor sing. 1578 J. Rolland 108 Ȝour grace sayis nouther ȝe nor nay. c1603 xl. sig. B4 Sche'ill nocht be win be na deuyce, For nouther prayer nor for pryce, For gould nor vther gaine. 1723 A. Ramsay I. 50 We hae nowther pot nor pan. 1791 J. Learmont 58 An' at a sour leuk, or correction Maun nouther frein nor mint objection. 1868 J. Young 13 'Twas nouther marly, white nor grey, Piebald, nor broun, nor black, nor bay. 1880 J. Hamilton (1885) 59 For nouther bread nor butter. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ 26 The mune..Shaws nouther face nor form. β. OE (1992) xviii. 301 Ða heora hæðenan gild..nowðer ne him sylfum gehelpan meahton, ne æniges þæra gehelpan þe to him ænig[re] are wilnode.c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine (1993) 72 Þa Iudeiscan noldon nowþre folȝian ne Moysen ne Criste mid nane soðfestnesse.c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 3124 Forr birrþ me nowwþerr hellpenn þe. To lif. ne to þe sawle.c1225 (?c1200) (1973) 1686 (MED) Ne eileð þer na mon..nowðer heate ne chele, nowðer hunger ne þurst.c1275 Doomsday (Calig.) in C. Brown (1932) 45 (MED) Ne schulen heo nowðer fiȝte mid schelde ne mid spere.?a1300 in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 771 He ne haueþ..nowþer mey ne mowe þat þer doren a þrowe Bi hem sitten ne stonde.a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 2470 Ther halp him nowther swerd ne scheld.?c1400 (c1340) R. Rolle (Sidney Sussex) (1884) Cant. Ez.12 Þou nowþer deliuers fro syn no fro helle.a1450 (Faust.) (1883) 3202 Þat he myȝt nowther se ny go.1477 W. Pecock in (2004) II. 421 They arn nowthir redyn nor corayd... Whyte wol not a-tende hem nowdyr for Peris ner for me.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in (1998) I. 207 For thow hes nowthir for to drink nor eit.1568 A. Scott (1896) xxv. 21 My hairt, tak nowdir pane nor wa.1684 G. Meriton (E.D.S.) 448 But nowther th' Why nor Filly we will sell.1719 W. Hamilton Epist. i. i, in A. Ramsay (1760) 96 There's nowther highlandman nor lawlan [etc.].1761 J. Reed i. 12 Marry, Sur, I like nowther Egg, nor Shell on't.1790 A. Shirrefs 50 I can tell you nowther mair nor less.1805 R. Anderson 79 I nowther heed house, lan, or siller.1817 J. Hogg Haunted Glen ii. ii, in II. 247 Master, hae ye nouther mense nor good manners?1903 J. Lumsden 250 I spared nowther grub nor tod!1928 A. E. Pease 88/2 Nowther, Nowder, conj. Neither. ‘Thaat's nowther hey-er ne there.’1997 W. Rollinson 114/2 Nowther—ner, neither—nor; it's nowther nowt ner summat.γ. 1499 in C. Innes (1837) 622 That noldyr we nor our successouris..sal neuir inquiet truble nor wex..The said James.1558 in R. Renwick (1896) II. 58 To haif nayne maner of esyamentis in the saidis gavile nowlder bowall nor chymnay.1574 in J. D. Marwick (1870) I. 31 Na craftisman hes evir had nolder aucht or suld haif voit.the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] > used to strengthen preceding negative c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 10216 Helle pitt niss næfre full Ne grediȝnesse nowwþerr. c1225 (?c1200) (1973) 1517 (MED) Ne mei hit liste ne luðer strengðe nowðer of na liuiende mon leowsin ne leoðien. a1300 Passion our Lord 608 in R. Morris (1872) 54 (MED) Gost naueþ none bon, Ne vleys ne bon nouþer. J. Gaytryge (York Min.) (1901) 46 (MED) The fifth biddes us that we sla naman, That is at say, bodili ne gastly nouthir. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 660 (MED) Fyue poyntez..fayld neuer Ne samned neuer in no syde, ne sundred nouþer, Withouten ende at any noke. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 1977 (MED) Nyf my Seniourie ne I my-selfe nouthire, All þe werd myȝt a wedowe wele þan be callid. ?c1450 (1891) 7546 (MED) Þai wer na monkes ne chanouns nouthir, Slyke as in colage duelt to gydir. c1540 (?a1400) 1930 We loue noght his lede, ne his land nowþer. 1820 J. Hogg I. 270 She's nae wother-weight nouther. 1854 R. S. Surtees xxv. 179 Rome wasn't built in a day, Constantinople nouther. 1871 J. Richardson 1st Ser. 147 Theer' ill be feuls up theer, as theer us doon here, an' mebby neah mair o' them nowder. c1225 (?c1200) (1973) 1703 Þe neauer ne linneð nowðer ne lesseð. J. Gaytryge (York Min.) (1901) 78 (MED) Nouthir sal we fall so ferr in al wanhope That we ne sall traist to have blisse if we wele do. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 275 Þe Camele goþ no more a day þan he is woned to do nouþer takeþ more burþene þan he is y-woned to bere. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in (1916) 127 (MED) Yt were noght proffytabyl to the rederrys, noudyr to the hererrys. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 2551 (MED) Remedy may noone be had, Nouther salue. 1534 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman (1902) I. 375 Ye tried out nothing of her falshed, nouther..entended to do. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1895) II. 260 Ffor nowther was he ouer lang,..nouther ouer schort. 1824 J. Mactaggart 410 Nowther like I the yallow-wym'd-ask. C. adj. ( determiner). c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 10902 Nowwþerr mahht. Off þise tweȝȝenn mahhtess. Niss god inoh. ȝiff þatt itt iss. All shadd ut fra þatt oþerr. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 197 Swa þet þu ne dest hit nouðer time. 1386 in J. Slater (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 9 That nane pundys sal be tane of nouther syde for na manere of [etc.]. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 2254 (MED) The Erthe..Receiveth and alich devoureth, That sche to nouther part favoureth. a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 44 Neuter, noþer. Neutro, by nouþer syde. a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) i. 4992 (MED) Thus atwen ire and twen affeccioun She heeld hir longe, on nouther parti stable. 1523 in IV. i. 15 Wher unto the lordes maid na answer to nowder parte. c1533 v. ii. 166b Nowthir partie apperit leif the field. 1791 J. Learmont 329 Nouther party's tentive how to please. 1877 F. T. Elworthy 25 ‘Noa’ would usually be used with general or pl. nouns, and ‘nuurdh'er’ with those of the definite or personal class. as ‘nuudhur ko'ăt.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † noutheradv.2Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nouther-where adv. Etymology: Probably short for nouther-where adv. Compare nother adv.2 Compare also Older Scots nouthir ellis-quhar:1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 522 The kyng..Till thame, and nouthir ellis-quhar, Had ey. Middle Eng. Dict. s.v. nouther adv. interprets the quots. as showing nouther adv.1 (compare sense 3 s.v.). Obsolete. the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > nowhere a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) 17556 Þar es he soth and nouþer [Vesp. noþer, Trin. Camb. nowhere, Fairf. nowwher] ellis. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xi. 1 in C. Horstmann (1896) II. 144 (MED) Sauf me, lauerd, for halgh nouþer wones [L. defecit], For lessed ere sothenes fra mennes sones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < pron.adv.1conj.adj.eOEadv.2a1400 |