Part of speech: adverb, conjunction
not, no; nor, neither; (also ni); ic ne dyde I did not do (that); ne secȝe ic éow I tell you, no
Etymology
[Mod E NE arch ← Prot-Germ *ne-; Goth ni; O Frisne, ni; O Sax ne, ni; OHG ne, ni; O Icel ne, né (Mod Icel né) ← Indo-Europ *ne-, *nē-; Sanskr ná; Avest na-; O Ir ni, ní; Lat ne inter part “no, not”; nē adv “not”; O Prus ne “no, not”; Lith nè “not”; Latv ne “not”; O Slav не (Russ не “not”)]
