GLOSSARY
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N
- Naaste pad, 195, C. Du. neist, nighest path
- Nae, 90, no. Go. na. Sans. na. N.E.D. "Ne, obsol., is nea, North and Sc. Na, giving in Sc. nā, seems rather to be an alteration of ne than a genuine survival of the old form"
- Nap, 198, drinking cup, O.E., hnaep, Du. nap, Ger. Napf, obsc., O.H.G. hnap is O.F. hanap (see nappie). It. nappo, perh. borr. from Tent.
- Nap, 153, nip, pretended blow, spec. in "to give or take the nap"—knap, prob. var. of knap as subst., q.v.
- Nashince, 154, var. of nuisance, Bu.
- †Nasjands, 52, Go. the Saviour, Ger. ge-nieszen in text, but Klüge conn. ge-nieszen, to enjoy, with Go. niutan, to obtain, Ger. nützen, nützlich, useful, from an or. sense, to adapt to one's use, to use; cog. neat, nowt=cattle
- Near, 69, 137, stingy
- Nearder, 111, 167, 195, Cu.; C. Du. nar(d)er; Sc. nawrer
- Neb, 125, bird's beak, N. näf, Du. nebbe, O.E. nebb
- Necessar, 73, 92, var. of necessary
- †Neck, 160, 204, Du.; Ger. Nacken, Du. nek, summit of a hill pass. N.E.D. does not conn. with nick, notch
- Needle, nethla, 26, Go.
- Neef, 207, C. Du. knave, Ger. Knabe, Gael, cnapach, stout, knobby, in sense of well-grown
- Neem, 209, C. Du. See Nim
- Neeper, 74, 163, 195, neighbour, C. Du. and Sc. neebor; Bu. "Fah's yir neiper in the chop noo?"—Companion, bed-fellow—"She's awa noo, 'an for fifty years she's been a gweede neiper t' me."—Gregor
- Neepyin, 174, napkin, syn. hankie
- Neest, 195, ni(gh)est
- Neet, 175, Cu. night, Sc. nicht
- Negative qualities, 87, Sc. and Eng. for.
- Nein, 90, Ger.=nicht eines, Eng. "no" is A.S. ná, O.N. nei, Go. nê ni, Gr. νη, Lat. ne, in ne-fas
- Neither hup nor hie, 189, Bord.
- Neive, 17, fist, neif, pl. neiffis
- Neive-fou, 85, 138, 211, handful, M.E. neve, O.N. hneff cf. (Go. hamf-s, one-handed, 17 q.v.)
- "Neivvi-neivvi-nik-nak," 128. See neive
- Nek, 204, C. Du. See neck, neuk
- Ner, 168, Cu. nor after compar.
- Ner's pitten, 168, Cu.="nor" (than) "is put"
- Neuk, nook, 134, "obsc. but North."—N.E.D.
- Neukit, 88, in four-neukit. The common adjectival termin. here is seen in nakkit, naked, where Go. has nakwadis (a genit. case), a part. derivative form ¤nakw, naked. Klüge infers from these ancient forms that the primitive Teutons distinguished between clothed and unclothed
- Neuter of demonstratives, 38
- Newt, 148, 149, var. of evet, eft, O.E. efeta; of unknown or.
- Neyfs, 64, M.E. serfs, Lat. nativi
- Nibby stick, 174, Bord., with a crook
- Nicht, 12, 24, 254, night. Go. naht-s, Go. nahta-mats, supper
- Nicht, 207, C. Du. niece, gutt. out of dent., cf. queecht=quite. Go. nithjo.
- Nick, 160, notch, "obsc. but earlier than corr. verb notch, which is app. conn. with O.F. oche, F. hoche."—N.E.D. See neck
- Nickit baiks, 186, Fi. biscuits notched on edge
- Nicks, 185, Cu. nicked, nixes
- Niffering, 130, 187, bartering, "Sc. and North, obsc. perh. from neive."—N.E.D.
- Nim, 31, 209, Go. niman, to take, A.S. niman, O.N. nema, νέμος, a grove, Lat. nemus, Ger. nehmen, E. nimble, numb (past part, of nim), C. Du. neem
- Nip, 151, 153, "take a nip of one."—Bu. See nap
- Nirled catkins, 123, var. of gnarled
- Nirls, 138, measles; or. obsc.
- Niu-klahs, 32, Go. new klekkit=new-born
