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Non(e, pron., a. and adv. Also: nonn(e, noin, noyn. [Midl. and south. ME. non(e (12–13th c.), noon, e.m.E. non(e, used in place of Nane.] No one; not any, no; nothing, not at all. = Nane in various applications.
A.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 276 (Ch. & M.).
Off all hir lusty rosis redolent Is none in to thy gerland sett c1500-c1512 Id. vii. 33.
Is none of Scotland borne faithfull and kynde [etc.] 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 7/16.
None of the subiectis c1590 Fowler I. 233/13.(2) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1033 (C).
It was kend to none Whethir that sche war ded or tone c1400 Ib. 1243; etc. c1420 Wynt. viii. 5195.
None till othir mycht [etc.] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 229.
Leyffand had beyn non a1500 Bk. Chess 1882.
That throw inwy thai do to none offens c1500-c1512 Dunb. l. 21.
Danceit non so on deis c1500-c1512 Id. xlix. 42. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 488. c1552 Ib. 5497. a1578 Pitsc. I. 373/8.
Quhome non may contramand 1611 Criminal Trials III. 195.
Non knowing how this come to pass 1632 Lithgow Trav. 24.
Rauenna, which for antiquity will not bow her head to none in Italy(3) a1500 Golagros and Gawane 45.
Myght none fang it with force bot foullis a1568 Scott xxxvi. 18. a1605 Montg. Misc. P. lii. 41.
Off all my wo hes non the wyt Bot I 1649 Scottish Notes and Queries i Ser. XII. 75.
That thay admitt non to the ministerie … but suche vho [etc.] 1666 Laing MSS. I. 354.
Noin(4) a1500 Bernardus 324.
To clerkis and qweynis cordis and to non ellys a1500 Bk. Chess 1905.
Was none so blissit as thai vnderstud a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 1707.
Ther is non that knowith so wel c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 642.
Thir thre … None leuand spairis 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiv. 27.
In treasoun none lyik doe I find c1590 Fowler I. 107/80. 1608 Misc. Spald. C.V. 376.
None any way suspect in religioun 1643 St. A. Baxter Bks. 40.
That heirefter nonn qtsower sall beack … any of the forsds kynds of breids 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 254.
He wald not be compelled to goe … be non quhatsomever 1675 Forbes Baron Ct. 299.
Anj … idle persons nor non quo mack not travill c 1668 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 440.
And non els to presume to putt their name in it(5) 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 538.
That few or none stude of ane vther aw c1568 Lauder Minor P. ii. 63.
Ar none tretit so weill as thay 1628 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 121.
That non behave themeselffes inordourlie be the way 1677 McKay Kilmarnock 135.
That non be put to inferior schools who are fitt for the publick school1702 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 332.(6) 1681 Purves Revenue Crown 85.
Torphichen lordschip is thought to be non of the lordes of erectiones
B.(1) 1513 Doug. iv. i. 10.
For bissy thocht Noyn [v.r. None] eys hir membris nor quyet suffir mocht 1518 Fife Sheriff Ct. 98.
The quhilk chenȝe the said Waltere allegeit … was none aireschip nore pertenit nocht to the aire c1552 Lynd. Mon. 383.
Thow sall nocht fynd in non estatis … Bot tiddious restles besynes c1552 Ib. 684.
O gentyll redar, haif none indignatioun a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lix. 47.
Heir lestis none heretage a1570-86 Maitland a1570-86 Ib. cix. 17.
I will not for none offence Flyt 1609 Melvill 784.
Irrite and of none effect(b) a1500 Golagros and Gawane 90.
That sege wald sit with none wrang Of berne that wes borne 1550 Coll. Aberd. & B. 181.
We ne neyn of ws in non tyme bigane hes giffin our consent … till non otheris c1552 Lynd. Mon. 987.
They had none sic experience c1552 Ib. 2448; etc.
None spott of fyre(2) a1500 Golagros and Gawane 37.
Resset couth thai find none c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 97.
Sen for the deid remeid is non c1500-c1512 Id. xxv. 95.
Quhair fische … is non bot spirling c1500-c1512 Id. xlvi. 46.
Quhithir wes kythit thair trew lufe or none c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2178. a1568 Bannatyne MS 231 a/31.
Sen … that asperans is non vnto [etc.] 1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xlii. 414.
Ȝe wald gif all The teindis … Vnto the Kirk for till dispone And to the court for till giue none
C. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 721.
Til hyme non answert he 1627 Fraserburgh Kirk S. II. 22 Aug.
He is deaff and heiris none 1635 Dickson Wr. 181.
I reckon none of byganes
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