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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

Ay, ay, dear Jeanie Morrison, Tears trinkled down your cheek, Like dew-beads on a rose, yet nane Had ony power to speak!

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

"I want nane o' his gowd, I want nane o' his gear, I want nae land frae thee: But I'll hae the rings that's on his finger, For them he did promise to me."

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