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There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb nay, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
This paper focusses on the Early Modern English negatives no and nay, and their role in the question- response system. Using data from Shakespeare’s plays and corpus methods, we note the demise of nay, and the specific uses and pragmatic meanings of no and nay.
The purpose of this research is to illustrate these linguistic processes as inherent parts of today English. In order to achieve this goal, we will refer to the etymological layers of native Old English and the categories of Old English words from a stylistic point of view.
18 Φεβ 2009 · English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Dictionaries, English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Etymology -- Dictionaries, English language -- Middle English, English language -- Middle English -- Etymology Publisher Krefeld, Printed for the author Collection europeanlibraries Book from the collections of Oxford University
However, in traditional grammar, this nay is not an adverb, but an interjection, just like the typical ones no, yes, oh, ouch, etc. The Free Dictionary has it wrong. –
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