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Old English · noun

ne

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
Strong i-stem
IPA
/neː/
/ˈne.e/
Syllables
neː (1 syllable)
Modern English
neoptionallytranslatednotorneither

ne1 · adverb

Senses

  1. not

    Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…

    I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:

ne2 · conjunction

Senses

  1. or, and not (optionally translated as "nor")

    Þurh þissa þinga ġehāt sind cumene tō anwealde unmenn. Ac hīe lēogaþ, ne ġelǣstaþ hīe þæt ġehāt, ne hīe nǣfre nyllaþ!

    By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie, they do not fulfill that promise, and they never will!

  2. ne... ne... is used to mean "[not...] or..." (optionally translated as "neither... nor...")

    Iċ næbbe ne frīend ne fīend. Wrace iċ hæbbe.

    I don't have friends or enemies. I have revenge.

ne3 · noun · masculine · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of nēo

Declension · Strong i-stem

Declension of ne
SingularPlural
Nominative neënēneäsnēasnēäs
Accusative neënēneäsnēasnēäs
Genitive neësnēsnēësneänēnanēä
Dative neënēnēëneümnēomnēüm

All forms (15)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Old English ne From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”).

From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).

Descendants

ne

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