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- phrase obsolete
would not
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Examples
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But the fynger, that schewed oure Lord, seyenge, Ecce Agnus Dei; that is to seyne, Lo the Lamb of God: that nolde nevere brenne, but is alle hol: that fynger leet seynte Tecle the holy virgyne be born in to the hill of
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But the fynger, that schewed oure Lord, seyenge, _Ecce Agnus Dei_; that is to seyne, _Lo the Lamb of God_: that nolde nevere brenne, but is alle hol: that fynger leet seynte
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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No. The reverse-wood would make Ar-nolde's magic aisle into a Mundane aisle, and nothing would change.
Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991
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No. The reverse-wood would make Ar-nolde's magic aisle into a Mundane aisle, and nothing would change.
Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991
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Nis hit ðe no wurðscipe þ̵ þe deouel me to {} drawe. ȝif þu wult hit iðauien iwis he wule ðurchut fawe. vor he nolde neu {er} re þ̵ þu hefedest wurðschipe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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But al for nought; he nolde his cause pleyne, 1230
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
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Queenes Maiesties horse, one of her highes pri - uie Counsaile, and knight of the moste honou - rable order of the Garter: Richard Rai - nolde wisheth longe life, with increase of honour.
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[F] or {} þi þe hie nolde þe hwile hie mihten here senne beten.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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In case the verb began with an h or a w followed by a vowel, the h or w of the verb and the e of ne were both dropped, as in noefth (= has not), from ne-hoefth (= not has), and nolde (= would not), from ne-wolde.
Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 8. The Double Negative Henry Louis 1921
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"Ther was no dore that he nolde heve of _harre_." ll.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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