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nane

American  
[neyn] / neɪn /

pronoun

Scot.
  1. none.


nane British  
/ nen /

pronoun

  1. a Scot word for none 1

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Two girls drawing a clock in chalk on the schoolyard pavement counted off one, two, three in Manx: nane, jees, tree.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

Wi' mercies temp'ral and divine, That I for grace and gear may shine, Excell'd by nane, And a' the glory shall be Thine, Amen, Amen!

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Deil did have any luggage aboord the ship, I’m thinkin’ it was nane ither than that same!”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Se mann �e for gylpe hw�t to g�de de�, him sylfum to herunge, n�f� he ��s nane mede �t Gode, ac h�f� his wite.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

O hold your tongue now, Sir Colvin,25 Let all your folly be; My love must be by honour won, Or nane shall enjoy me.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

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