† nower, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 3 neower, neouwar, noware, nowor, 3–4 nowar, 3–5 nower (5 -ere), 4 nour(e, 5 nowr(e. β. 3 noȝwer, 4 noȝher, 5 nougher.
[Reduced form of ME. nōhwer nowhere adv., or repr. OE. nāwer nawer.]
Nowhere.
| α a 1050 [see nowhere adv. 1 β]. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 Nusquam tuta fides..Nis nower non trewðe. c 1250 Owl & Night. 1168 Þu ne myht noware [v.r. nowar] atrute. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2506 Vairor womman nour aboute in none londe nas. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5083 Þey ne myghte nower [v.r. noure] about, Bot þorow hym, haue issue oute. c 1380 Sir. Ferumb. 415 Nowar nys founde non so wyȝt. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxviii. 128 Alssone come a thikke mirkness.., so þat þai myȝt nower go away. |
| β c 1250 Gen. & Exod. 1271 He bad him maken siker pliȝt,..Ðat ne sulde him noȝwer deren. 1382 Wyclif Wisd. Prol., The booc of Wisdam anent Ebrues noȝher is. c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 11 No richere man was nougher in no coost. |
b. Qualifying
nigh or
near.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2094 Ne schaltu nower neh se lihtliche etsterten. c 1230 Hali Meid. 9 Nis hit nower neh gold al þat ter schineð. 1483 Cath. Angl. 256/2 Nowre nere, longe minus, multum citra. |
c. In the combs.
nower-where,
-whither.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 1082 His broiþer ded sua wend he dil, Pot he moght nourquar it hil. Ibid. 4959 For nour-quider mai we stere, Þair will most we suffer here. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxi. 13 That þe enmy fynde nourwhare inlate. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 147 Þare growez grete plentee of baume and nowere whare elles þat I couthe here off. c 1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 755 Thay ne durst nower ware goo. 1483 Cath. Angl. 256/2 Nowre whare, nullicubi, nuspiam, nusquam. |