[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
n, carried on from preceding word to following, noo nother, no noder, III, 81, 58; 100, 80: none other, a nother, nether, III, 80, 200; V, 247, 9: an other, a naughtless, noughtless, IV, 286, (Child #231 B) (Child #231 C) 12; 287, 5: an aughtless, good for nought, a noke, V, 81, (Child #273 app) 45: an oke. they nere, they nee, III, 112, (Child #121 A) 50; 204, b 31: theyn ere, thyn ee. my nane, I, 469, (Child #53 D) (Child #53 E) 29 (but nane should probably be name). So, his nawn, her nain (nen), yer nane, as if from hisn, hern, yern, I, 469, (Child #53 D) (Child #53 E) 28; III, 269, (Child #157 C) (Child #157 D) 1; IV, 132, (Child #209 F) (Child #209 G) 13; V, 224, 24. In, an oute-horne, III, 30, (Child #116 A) 87, n seems to have been carried back, from noute (see V, 297 a), n in nant, III, 35, (Child #116 app) 24, 31, is an arbitrary prosthesis.
na, nae, no, not I, 68 f., (Child #5 A) 12, 22, 31, 44, 51; 107, 3, 8; 310, 9, 11, 13; V, 260, 16. Frequently united with the preceding verb, hadna, I, 343, (Child #39 A) (Child #39 B) 5, 18. winna, 354, 27. canno, 368 f., 35, 37, 39. coudna, 369, 51. wadna, 394, 9, 11. shanae, 394, B 1. woudna, 396, 23, 26. shoudna, 396, 27. didna, 397, 12. kensnae, 466, 13. wasnae, 467, 34, etc., etc.
naesaid IV, 371, (Child #244 A) 7: refused.
nags, naggs, nogs III, 480, (Child #187 B) 11; 481, 8; 484 a, 11: notches, nicks.
nain own. See n.
nane, nen yer nane, my nane, etc.: own. (n, originally, carried on from mine.) See n.
nane, neen none. I, 16, (Child #2 B) (Child #2 C) 6; 309, 12; II, 108, 13; 129, 16; 425, 3: adverbially, not, not at all. See none.
nant III, 35, (Child #116 app) 24, 31: aunt.
naow V, 304, 5, 12, 14: now.
napkin, napken, napkain I, 395, (Child #43 B) (Child #43 C) 9, 14: neckerchief. II, 108, (Child #64 E) 3; 158 f., 5, 8; 160, 4, 7; 163, 4, 6: pocket handkerchief. pocket-napkin, IV, 468, 2.
nappy V, 84, (Child #273 app) 13 (of ale): strong.
naps naps of gold were bobbing bonnie, IV, 295, (Child #232 D) (Child #232 E) 8, 9: knobs, balls, mentioned as ornaments to gloves, II, 133, D (Child #66 D) 6, golden-knobbed gloves; 134, 8, 13, siller-knapped gloves.
napskape, knapscap IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 35; V, 251, 31: head-piece.
nar = nor, with comparative, for than: III, 112 f., (Child #121 A) 57, 69; V, 78 f., (Child #273 app) 12, is. See nor.
nas I, 244, (Child #23 A) 15: ne was, was not.
naught V, 102, A (Child #276 A) 13: naughtiness.
naughtless a naughtless lord, IV, 287, (Child #231 C) (Child #231 D) 5; a noughtless heir, 286, 12: an aughtless, oughtless, good-for-naught, impotent.
naughty V, 267, 13: good-for-naught.
naur II, 62 a, (Child #61 app) 15: near, or nearer.
naw IV, 442, 2: nay. V, 296, a: not.
nawn own. See n.
naye withowghten naye, III, 296, (Child #161 A) 18: undeniably, truly.
ne III, 349, 46; V, 272 b, 5, 6; 273, 16: no. III, 62, (Child #117 A) 128: not.
ne stand ye ne aw, III, 350, 53: misprint (in original); g, stand in no awe.
nean V, 219, 27; 220, 1; 257, 11: none.
near, neare, ner, nere I, 101, (Child #7 B) (Child #7 C) 19; II, 183, (Child #73 A) 30; 191, 37; III, 62, (Child #117 A) 119; 111, 46; V, 224, 28: nearer.
near IV, 446, 144; 447, 144: corrupt, as the repetition from the second verse shows; while (till) my days are near (to an end) would be extremely forced, in any case.
near, neer never.
near-hand adj., IV, 197, (Child #217 E) (Child #217 F) 4, 5: near, short, adv., III, 161, (Child #134 A) 36; IV, 222, (Child #221 D) (Child #221 E) 8 (near-ban): near, almost.
neast, neist, nist, nest V, 117, A (Child #280 A) 7; 216 f., 1, 5, 7, 10, 18; 242 a, 10, 12: next.
neathing nothing.
neave III, 123, (Child #123 A) 16, 20: fist.
neb I, 425, A 16: beak.
nee III, 422, (Child #177 A) 67: nigh.
needle-tack II, 217, (Child #76 A) (Child #76 B) 5: fastening or stitch with a needle.
neen none. See nane.
neen nae II, 318 b, (Child #92 A) 4: need na, need not.
neerice nurse. See nourice.
neeze V, 222 b, 26: sneeze, snort.
neigh v., II, 54, (Child #60 A) 64, 55: nigh, approach.
neis I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 8; IV, 247, B (Child #225 B) 12: nose.
neist, niest I, 223, (Child #20 G) (Child #20 H) (Child #20 I) 9; 314, 5; 419 f., 1, 3, etc.: next.
nelle V, 284, 22: ne will, will not.
nen her nen, V, 224, 24: own. See nane.
ner, nere III, 62, (Child #117 A) 119; 111, 46: nearer. See near.
nere III, 113, (Child #121 A) 75: were [it] not.
nere they nere, III, 112, (Child #121 A) 50: theyn ere, thine ear.
neshe III, 445, (Child #180 A) 31: of delicate quality.
nest next. See neast.
nettle-dyke II, 463, (Child #110 C) 22: wall with nettles growing on it, or near it. Cf. II, 467, (Child #110 E) 40; 469, 42.
neuk coat-neuk, II, 107, (Child #64 C) (Child #64 D) 4, 5: nook, corner.
new-fangle I, 272, (Child #29 A) 9: fond of novelties, capricious, inconstant.
next I, 412, (Child #45 A) 27; II, 45, (Child #59 A) 30, 34: nighest.
nextand II, 94, (Child #63 G) 6. See -an.
neys V, 80, (Child #273 app) 39: nice (ironically).
nicher, nicker n. and v., III, 370, (Child #169 C) 10; IV, 18, (Child #192 A) (Child #192 B) 15; 19, 13; 20, 10; 21, 11: neigh.
nicht the, to-night.
nicked him of naye II, 52, (Child #60 A) 12; nickd them wi nae (nay), V, 182 f., (Child #304 A) 12, 30 (clearly borrowed from the above in Percy's Reliques): refused with nay.
nicker See nicher.
nick-nack playd nick-nack on the wa, V, 123, (Child #281 A) (Child #281 B) 16; 124, B 14: to express the sound of successive collisions.
niddart niddart ither wi lang braid-swords, II, 422, (Child #103 B) (Child #103 C) 49: thrust at. Jamieson, pressed hard upon. Correspondents from the North of Scotland say, notched, slashed.
nie III, 473, (Child #186 A) 27: neigh.
nie, neigh nigh.
niest I, 15, B (Child #2 B) 3; 147, 5: next, nearest, come niest, IV, 485, 30: nigh to. See neist.
niffer n. and v., I, 203, C (Child #17 C) 10, 15; IV, 406, (Child #252 C) 24: exchange.
night-coif III, 514, 3; 515, 1; V, 225, 4: night-cap, night-wake, IV, 453, 3, 4: night-watch, as of a dead body, perhaps a corruption of tyke-wake.
nimble, nimle wrongly for thimble, thimber, I, 332, E (Child #38 E) 2, F 2, G 2.
nine the, III, 392, (Child #173 H) (Child #173 I) 8: the nine justices of the supreme criminal court of Scotland. Kinloch, A.S.B., p. 259.
ning V, 165 f., (Child #294 A) 4, 12: nine, nine, 111, 26, is changed from ninge. In the older stages of the language, remarks Dr. Murray (Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland, p. 125), ng was often written for Latin gn, and vestiges of this substitution of the nasal for the liquid n are still found in the spoken dialect.
nip III, 160, (Child #134 A) 18, 19: bit.
nires, norice nurse. See nourice.
nist, nest, neast V, 216, 10; 242 a, 10, 12: next.
nit III, 465, (Child #185 A) 20: knit, fasten.
nit I, 450, (Child #52 A) 2-4: nut.
nit-broun IV, 469, 7; 470, 23, 29, etc.: nut-brown.
no I, 86, (Child #6 A) 13; 100, 10; 108, 6, 8; 135, P 8, 10; II, 218, (Child #76 B) 12; 222, 19; III, 465, (Child #185 A) 32: not.
noble, nobellys III, 113, (Child #121 A) 81; 126, 39; 201, 29: a gold coin of the value of one third of a pound. (Fifteen score nobles is of course exactly an hundred pound.) = 20 groats, V, 76 f., (Child #273 A) 18, 19, etc.
nocked III, 82, 132; 86, 132: notched.
noder, nother III, 81, 58; 100, 80, no noder, noo nother = none other. See n.
nog See nags.
noghte not.
nolt, nout V, 249, 4: neat, neat-cattle.
nom III, 51 b, 13-15: take.
none adv., II, 361, (Child #96 C) 24; V, 295, 1: not at all. See nane.
none of none of my brother, II, 11, (Child #56 A) (Child #56 B) 3, 5, 7: not at all my brother.
noo V, 307, 11: now.
noorice See nourice.
nor, nar after a comparative, I, 5, C (Child #1 C) 9-18; II, 134 f., 15, 29; 268, 21; 374, 13; 409, 19; IV, 166, (Child #214 B) (Child #214 C) 12; V, 184, (Child #304 A) 49: than, nor be, II, 97, (Child #63 J) 22: than to be (if liker means more likely), too gude nor ever woud make a lie, II, 372, (Child #97 C) 26: better than, too good, to make. I doubt not nor she be, II, 390, (Child #99 H) (Child #99 I) 23, = je ne doute pas qu'elle ne soit.
not IV, 331 b, (Child #236 app) 8: misprint for out.
note, notte V, 283, 9, 19: nut.
note III, 512, E 6: corrupt (nut in F 7). Some impossibility is required.
noth, nothe I, 334, 7, 8: not.
nother See noder.
noughtless, naughtless IV, 286, (Child #231 B) (Child #231 C) 12; 287, 5: a noughtless = an oughtless, good-for-nothing, impotent.
noumbles, nowmbles noumbles of the dere, of a do, III, 58, (Child #117 A) 32; 64, 172: frequently defined entrails; Pals-grave, praecordia, the numbles, as the heart, the splene, the lunges, and lyver. At least a part of the noumbles are the two muscles of the interior of the thighs of a deer: venatores nombles vocant frustum carnis cervinae sectum inter femora (Ducange). See the elaborate directions for breaking or undoing deer in Juliana Barnes's Boke of Huntynge, and in Madden, Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knyȝt, vv. 1344-48 especially.
nourice, nourrice, noorice, nourry, nurice, nurische, nury II, 322, (Child #93 A) 6, 13-17; 333, 5-7; III, 433, C (Child #178 C) 7; IV, 31, (Child #194 A) (Child #194 B) 7; 32, 3; 480, 5, 10, etc.: nurse.
nout, nolt III, 460, (Child #184 A) 25, 36; IV, 246, (Child #225 A) (Child #225 B) 13; V, 116, (Child #280 A) (Child #279 app) 1: neat cattle.
noute-horne a, III, 26, (Child #116 A) 87: horn of neat, ox, cow (wrongly substituted for, an oute-horne; see V, 297).
nouthe I, 334, 5: not.
nouther IV, 219, (Child #221 A) (Child #221 B) 8: neither.
now V, 78 f., (Child #273 app) 5, 24, 25: new.
noy I, 217, (Child #19 A) 7, 12: grief.
nul, nule I, 244, (Child #23 A) 11, 13: will not.
nume pret., III, 355, (Child #168 app) 4: took.
nurice See nourice.
nurische IV, 28 a, (Child #193 B) 29 a: nurse. See nourice.
nury See nourice.
nyghtgales I, 327, 33: nightingales.
nyll II, 478, (Child #111 A) 4: will not.
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