nost

See also: nôt

Latvian

Adverb

nost

1. away

   Rokas nost!

   Hands off!

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English nāst, second person singular indicative of nytan (“to not know”).

Contraction

nost

1. Contraction of ne wost; wost not; knowest not.

   þu nost wanne crist ure drikte

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

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.