▪ I. † ner, conj. Obs.
Also 5–6 nere, 6 nar.
[var. of nor, perh. after ne: but cf. OFris. ner.]
Nor.
| c 1420 Avow. Arth. xli, Ther schalle no mon do nere say, That schalle greue the. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione i. iii. 4 No man wiþouten him undirstondiþ ner demeþ rightwesly. a 1500 in C. Trice-Martin Chanc. Proc. 15th C. (1904) 2 Youre besecher never receyved of hym ner of none other to his use the value of xij. d. 1538 Anc. Cal. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 503 To by nar sell wythe any man. |
▪ II. ner
in ner nother: see nother.
▪ III. ner
obs. var. nar and near a. and adv.