nawiht

nothing
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  Nys nāht ofor hyne...
  Nothing is above Him...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  Nāwiht ne biþ yfel ǣr man wēne þæt hit yfel sīe.
  Nothing is bad until you think it's bad.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  Sēo leofaþ nū þē, þē ānum, for þon þe hēo nāwiht elles ne lufaþ būtan þē.
  Now she lives for you, only you, because she loves nothing else but you.
none
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.
  I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.

This word has a lot of variant forms:

Contractions such as nāwht and nāht are very common, especially in adverbial use.

Another frequent form, nān wiht, is a phrase made up of separate words; accordingly, both nān and wiht are inflected. Note that while the compound nāwiht is always neuter, wiht is often feminine as a standalone word, a feature that goes back to Proto-Germanic times: God ne ēht nānre wihte for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon ("God chases nothing [gen. sg. fem.] because nothing can run from him").

Declension of nawiht (strong a-stem)

nāwiht

not (used to negate adjectives, especially in phrases like "not long ago" and "not far from")
- Life of St. Guthlac
  Is on Bretenne lande sum fenn unmǣtre miċelnesse þe onġinþ fram Grantan ēa, nāht feorr fram þǣre ċeastre þȳ ilcan naman, is nemned Grante ċeaster.
  There is in Britain a swamp of immense size that begins at the River Granta, not far from the city of the same name, which is called Grantchester. (Note: since ċeaster was both a word for "city" and a place name suffix, Grante ċeaster could also be translated "Granta city" or "the city of Granta," so the author's statement makes perfect sense in Old English.)
used with ne for emphasis; not at all (often left untranslated)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  Ne ondrǣde iċ heora mē nū nāwht.
  I'm not scared of them at all now.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  Ne mæġ iċ þē nāwht helan þæs þe iċ wāt.
  I can't hide from you what I know.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Swithhun, Bishop"
  ...he næfre ær naht cweðan ne mihte...
  ...he had never before been able to speak,...

Middle English: nought, noght, nouȝt, noȝt; not
- English: nought, naught, nowt; not
- Scots: nocht, nowt; nat (obsolete)

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