I had been wondering about Nay, and still feel it's a curiosity, as if the speaker is savouring its antiquity.
Do these below cover the present usage?
I need to feel brighter to decide for myself…
Nay | Define Nay at Dictionary.com
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and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities. 2. Archaic. no (used in dissent, denial, or refusal). Relevant Questions ...
Nay - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Nay, I do not wish to go. <I was angry—nay, furious—at the way they were treating that poor dog.> Origin of NAY. Middle English, from Old Norse nei, from ne not ...
nay - Wiktionary
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And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures, …
Nay, comes your answer, neighingly.
On 16/08/2012, at 1:20 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> I like the ending, Bill, & the lead-up to it. But feel that you could cut some not-doing-anything words, like the 'that' in l 4, or perhaps the whole 'that it was' or the 'It was' later on; things like that. And 'Nay'? Do you, or does anyone, say or even think that, except as highly ironic comment?
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> Doug
> On 2012-08-14, at 4:12 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> A sign - Epilogue
>>
>> When I walked down to inspect the sign the following morning,
>> sun sparkled from its plaque and I could see,
>> as I neared,
>> that it was a brand new steel pole,
>> inserted exactly in the old crater
>> and neatly pounded in.
>> Nay, it had been seamlessly, signlessly, installed.
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