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.