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Latvian
Adverb
nost
- away
- Rokas nost!
- Hands off!
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English nāst, second person singular indicative of nytan (“to not know”).
Contraction
nost
- Contraction of ne wost; wost not; knowest not.
- þu nost wanne crist ure drikte
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References
- “nost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “witen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.