Newe, adj. Sax. new, fresh, 459.

Newe, adv. newly, 7879; nerve and newe, T. iii. 116, again and again; all newe, 9700; of nerve, 8814, newly, lately; all perve, 13308, anew, afresh. Newe, v. to renew, T. iii. 306.

Newed, part. pa. renewed, M. 315.

Newefangel, adj. defirous of new things, 10932,

17142.

Newefangelneffe, n. inconftancy, 10924.

Nexte, fuperl. d. nigheft; it generally fignifies the Righest following, but fometimes the nighest preceding, F. iii. 685.

N'bath, for ne hath, hath not, 925.

Nice, adj. Fr. foolish, 5508, 6520.

Nicetee, n. folly, 4044, 17101; do his nicetee, 5994;

fo the French ufe faire folie.

Nifles, n. pl. trifles, 7342.

Nigard, n. a ftingy fellow, 5915.

Nigardie, n, ftinginefs, 13102.

Nightertale, 97, night-time. See the note.

Night-fpel, n. Sax. a night-charm. See the n. on ver. 3480.

N'ill, for ne will, will not, 5724, 5762.

N'is, for me is, is not, 976, 1679.

N'ifte, for ne wife, knew not,fing. 11340,3414; n'iften, for ne ziften, knew not, pl. 10948.

Nobledeft, pa. t. 2d perf. fing. of noble, v. Fr. ennobledeft, 15508.

Nobleffe, n. Fr, dignity, fplendour, 8344, 8658.
Nobley, B. 8704, 10391, as nobleffe.

Nocked, part. pa. notched, R. 942.
Noie, n. Fr. hurt, trouble, R. 3772.
Noie, v. to hurt, to trouble, R. 4416.

Noife, v. Fr. to make a noise, Bo. iii. m. 6.
N'olde, for ne wolde, would not, 3159, 3168.

Nombre, n. Fr. number, 718.

Nomen, nome, part. pa. of nime, v. Sax. taken, T. v. 190, 514; L.W. 1016.

Nompere, n. an arbitrator, T. L. i. 319. See the pasfage quoted above in v. Lovedaie. The fenfe of this word is eftablished by the Prompt. Parv. nowmper or owmper, Arbiter, Sequefter. If the etymology of it were as clear we might be able to determine which of the two methods of writing it is the best; custom has long declared for the latter. The modern word is umpire; and in P. P. 25, the editt. read-an umper, but the Cotton mí. Vefp. B. xvi. has➡a numper. I cannot find that any fuch word is ufed, in the fame fenfe, in any other of the Gothick or romance Languages: it has been fuppofed by fome to be a corruption of un pere, Fr. which! can hardly believe; and perhaps the reader will be as back ward to admit of a derivation of it from the Fr. nonpair, an odd or third perfon, which an arbitrator generally is. This however is the most probable etymology that has occurred to me, and I fee that the compiler of the statutes for the University of Oxford (whoever he was) had the fame idea, for he expreffesthe word umpire in his Latin by impar, tit. xv. §14. Iudex, impar, aut arbitrator, in quacunque caufâ electus.

656, 682.

Non, adj. Sax. not one, none, Non, adv. Fr. not, 13011; abfent or non, 8311; whether ye wol or non, 11090.

None, n. Fr. the ninth hour of the natural day, nine o'clock in the morning; the hour of dinner, 9767; T. v. III4, 22, 30.

Nones, for the nones. See the n. on ver. 381, and add, if neceffary, the following inftances, T. i. 562, ii. 1381, iv. 428; L.W. 295, 1068, 1114.

Nonne, n. Fr. a nun, 118.

Norice, n. Fr, a nurse, 5881; Be. ii. pr. 4; in other paffages, Bo. i. pr. 3, iii. pr. 9, it is printed by miftake for narie, n. a foster-child, alumnus. Nortelrie, n. nurture, education, 3965. Nofethirles, n. pl. Sax. nostrils, 559; P. 156, l. 11. Not, for ne wat, know not, 286, 3664.

Notabilitee,n.Fr. a thing worthy of observation, 15215. Note, n. Sax. need, business, 4066.

Note, n. Fr. a musical note; to cry by note, T. iv. 583, to cry aloud, in a high tone.

Notemuge, n. nutmeg, 13693; R. 1361.

Notes, n. pl. Sax. nuts, R. 1377.

Not-bed, a head like a nut. See the n. on ver. 109. Nother, conj. Sax. nor, neither, 8796, 995 1. N'ather, adj. Sax, for ne ather; neither n'other, L.W, 192, nor one nor other; he n'is in neither n'other habite, Bo. v. m, 3; neutro eft babitu, orig.

Nothing, adv. Sax. not, not at all, 1756, 8251. Nouches, n. pl. 8258. See the note. It is probable, I think, that nouche is the true word, and that ouche has been introduced by a corruption the reverse of that which has been taken notice of in Nale. See Du Cange in v. Nochia and Nufca, and Schilter, Gloff. Teut. in v. Nuofci, from whence it appears that nafchin, Teut. fignifies fibula, a clasp or buckle. As thefe were fome of the most useful inftruments of drefs they were probably fome of the first that were ornamented with jewels, by which means the name by degrees may have been extended fo as to include feveral other forts of jewels: the fame thing may have happened in the cafe of the word brache, [fee above] which indeed feems originally to have been a French expreffion for nouche. Nought, n. & adv. Sax. See Naught.

Nouthe, adv. Sax. now, 464; T. i. 986. See the n. on ver. 464.

Novelries, n. pl. Fr. novelties, F. ii. 178.

Now, adv. Sax. now and noru, 10744, once and again; now adayes, 9040, 16864, in thefe days.

Nowel, n. Fr. Christmas. See the n. on ver. 11567. Noyfaunce, n. Fr. offence, trefpafs, C. D. 255.

O, for bo, 2535. See Ho.

O, adj. for on, one, 740, 5555; in the curious old ballad on the battle of Lewes, [Anc. Poet. v. ii. p. 4, I. 10,] oferling should be written, I believe, o ferling, i.e. one farthing.

Obeyfance, n. Fr. obedience, 8378; obeyfing, R. 3380. Obeyfunt, part. pr. Fr. obedient, 7942; obeyfing, L.W. 1264.

Obfequies, n, pl. Fr. funeral rites, 995.
Obfervance, n. Fr. refpect, 10830.

Obferve, v. Fr. to refped, to pay regard to, 13560.
Occident, n. Fr. the weft, 4717.

Octavien, pr. n. Du. 368. I do not fuppofe that Auguftus is meant, but rather the fabulous emperour who is the fubject of a romance entitled Octavian Imperator, mf. Cotton, Calig. A. ii. See Percy's Catalogue, n. 18, and the paffage quoted from mf.Reg. 17, C. viii. in the n. on ver. 13775.The fame Octavian, I apprehend, was celebrated in a piece of Arras hangings which made part of the furniture of Henry V. and is thus defcribed in the inventory, Rot. Part. 2 Hen. VI. Item I autre pece darras Dor q comence en leftorie, Le Octavion Roy de Rome. Ocy, ocy, C. N. 124, the nightingale's note. Oerthrow, for overthrow, part. pa. Sax. overthrown, C. D. 1151.

Oetis, pr. n. Eetes, L. W. 1436.

Of, adv. Sax. off, 552, 784, 2678.
Offended, part. pa. Fr. hurt, 2396.
Offenfioun, n. offence, damage, 2418.
Offertorie, n. Fr. a part of the mass, 712.

Offring, n. Fr. offering at mass, 452; P. 182. Oft, ofte, adv. Sax. often; often-fith, oftentimes, 1879, 8109.

Oinement, n. Fr. ointment, 633.

Olifaunt, n. Fr. elephant, 13739. See the note, and R. de la Rofe, 18686; oliphant sur sa haute efchine, Sc. Oliveres, n. pl. Fr. olive-trees, 14042; R. 1314. Omer, pr. n. Homer, T. i. 146; F. iii. 376.

On, prep. Sax. in; on live, 3041, in life, alive; on twelve, 7549, in twelve; on hunting, 1689; on hawking, 13667. See A, prep.-upon; on to fee, 3247, to look upon. See the note, and add L. W. 2414, Licurgus daughter, fairer on to fene-fo this line is written in mf. Bodl.

On, adj. Sax. one; after on, 343, 1783, alike; they were at on, 4195, they were agreed. See R. 5817; T. iii. 566; ever in on, 1773, 3878, continually; I mine on, C. D. 1019, I fingle, I by myself; and thus I went widewher walking mine one, P. P. 40, b.; non faw but he one, P. L. 44; all him one, Conf. Am. 175Onde, n. Sax. zeal, malice, R. 148; ny the and onde, P. L. 249.

Oned, part. pa. Sax. made one, united, 7550; P. 154. Ones, pl. of on, 12630; we three ben alle ones, we three are all one.

Ones, adv. Sax. once; at ones, 767, at once, at the fame time, 3470.

Onhed, n. Sax. unity, T. L. ii. 339.

Only, adv. Sax. al only, 13385, M. 287, solely.

Ony, adj. Sax. any, 2410.

Open-ers, n. Sax. the fruit of the medlar tree, 3869.