Category:Ne

Ne, adv. Etym: [as. ne. See no.]

Defn: not; never. [obs.] He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer.

Note: ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and Survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne One). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See negative, 2.

Ne Ne, conj. Etym: [see ne, adv.]

Defn: nor. [obs.] Shak. No niggard ne no fool. Chaucer. Ne. . . ne, neither. . . nor. [obs.] Chaucer.