▪ I. nae
Sc. and north. var. of na or no, not.
| 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, Weel I kend she meant nae as she spak. 1755 R. Forbes Ajax, Shop-bill vi, We'll gar him say, he's nae outwitted. 1816 Scott Old Mort. vii, I see nae sae muckle difference atween the twa ways o't. 1838 Howitt Rur. Life I. 312 I'll nae gie it thee. |
▪ II. nae
Sc. variant of no a. and adv.