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 * Naaste pad, 195, C. Du. neist, nighest path
 * Nae, 90, no. Go. na. Sans. na. N.E.D. "Ne, obsol., is nea, North and Sc. Na, giving in Sc. nā, seems rather to be an alteration of ne than a genuine survival of the old form"
 * Nap, 198, drinking cup, O.E., hnaep, Du. nap, Ger. Napf, obsc., O.H.G. hnap is O.F. hanap (see nappie). It. nappo, perh. borr. from Tent.
 * Nap, 153, nip, pretended blow, spec. in "to give or take the nap"—knap, prob. var. of knap as subst., q.v.
 * Nashince, 154, var. of nuisance, Bu.
 * †Nasjands, 52, Go. the Saviour, Ger. ge-nieszen in text, but Klüge conn. ge-nieszen, to enjoy, with Go. niutan, to obtain, Ger. nützen, nützlich, useful, from an or. sense, to adapt to one's use, to use; cog. neat, nowt=cattle
 * Near, 69, 137, stingy
 * Nearder, 111, 167, 195, Cu.; C. Du. nar(d)er; Sc. nawrer
 * Neb, 125, bird's beak, N. näf, Du. nebbe, O.E. nebb
 * Necessar, 73, 92, var. of necessary
 * †Neck, 160, 204, Du.; Ger. Nacken, Du. nek, summit of a hill pass. N.E.D. does not conn. with nick, notch
 * Needle, nethla, 26, Go.
 * Neef, 207, C. Du. knave, Ger. Knabe, Gael, cnapach, stout, knobby, in sense of well-grown
 * Neem, 209, C. Du. See Nim
 * Neeper, 74, 163, 195, neighbour, C. Du. and Sc. neebor; Bu. "Fah's yir neiper in the chop noo?"—Companion, bed-fellow—"She's awa noo, 'an for fifty years she's been a gweede neiper t' me."—Gregor
 * Neepyin, 174, napkin, syn. hankie
 * Neest, 195, ni(gh)est
 * Neet, 175, Cu. night, Sc. nicht
 * Negative qualities, 87, Sc. and Eng. for.
 * Nein, 90, Ger.=nicht eines, Eng. "no" is A.S. ná, O.N. nei, Go. nê ni, Gr. νη, Lat. ne, in ne-fas
 * Neither hup nor hie, 189, Bord.
 * Neive, 17, fist, neif, pl. neiffis
 * Neive-fou, 85, 138, 211, handful, M.E. neve, O.N. hneff cf. (Go. hamf-s, one-handed, 17 q.v.)
 * "Neivvi-neivvi-nik-nak," 128. See neive
 * Nek, 204, C. Du. See neck, neuk
 * Ner, 168, Cu. nor after compar.
 * Ner's pitten, 168, Cu.="nor" (than) "is put"
 * Neuk, nook, 134, "obsc. but North."—N.E.D.
 * Neukit, 88, in four-neukit. The common adjectival termin. here is seen in nakkit, naked, where Go. has nakwadis (a genit. case), a part. derivative form ¤nakw, naked. Klüge infers from these ancient forms that the primitive Teutons distinguished between clothed and unclothed
 * Neuter of demonstratives, 38
 * Newt, 148, 149, var. of evet, eft, O.E. efeta; of unknown or.
 * Neyfs, 64, M.E. serfs, Lat. nativi
 * Nibby stick, 174, Bord., with a crook
 * Nicht, 12, 24, 254, night. Go. naht-s, Go. nahta-mats, supper
 * Nicht, 207, C. Du. niece, gutt. out of dent., cf. queecht=quite. Go. nithjo.
 * Nick, 160, notch, "obsc. but earlier than corr. verb notch, which is app. conn. with O.F. oche, F. hoche."—N.E.D. See neck
 * Nickit baiks, 186, Fi. biscuits notched on edge
 * Nicks, 185, Cu. nicked, nixes
 * Niffering, 130, 187, bartering, "Sc. and North, obsc. perh. from neive."—N.E.D.
 * Nim, 31, 209, Go. niman, to take, A.S. niman, O.N. nema, νέμος, a grove, Lat. nemus, Ger. nehmen, E. nimble, numb (past part, of nim), C. Du. neem
 * Nip, 151, 153, "take a nip of one."—Bu. See nap
 * Nirled catkins, 123, var. of gnarled
 * Nirls, 138, measles; or. obsc.
 * Niu-klahs, 32, Go. new klekkit=new-born