nawiht

Senses

1. not (used to negate adjectives, especially in phrases like "not long ago" and "not far from")

   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 ċeaste

   Life of St. Guthlac

2. used with ne for emphasis; not at all (often left untranslated)

   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

Senses

1. nothing

   Nys nāht ofor hyne...

   Nothing is above Him...

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

2. none

   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.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Declension · strong a-stem