▪ I. † nas
was not: see ne and be v. A. 6. Obs.
| c 893 K. ælfred Boeth. v. §1 He..næs nauht ᵹedrefed. c 1000 ælfric Gen. ii. 5 Man næs, þe þa eorðan worhte. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 In þisse world nas na laȝe. c 1250 Lutel soth Serm. 16 in O.E. Misc. 186 So reusful dede idon neuer non nas. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 161 Nas neuer non fairer fedde. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. vi. (1868) 27, I nas nat deceiued quod sche. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 416 Heyre of Westsex non other þere nasse. c 1450 Merlin 220 Ther nas noon that was wounded to deth. c 1570 Pride & Lowl. (1841) 8 So paynted and so coloured..Nas Floras land. |
▪ II. † nas
has not: see ne and have v. Obs.
| 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 61 For pittied is mishappe that nas remedie. |