nost
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See also: nôt
Latvian[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nost
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English nāst, second person singular indicative of nytan (“to not know”).
Contraction[edit]
nost
- Contraction of ne wost; wost not; knowest not.
- þu nost wanne crist ure drikte
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
References[edit]
- “nost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “witen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.