Quod Danger, Sen I understand That counsell can benae command, I have nae mair to say, Except gif that he thocht it good; Tak counsell zit or ze conclude Of wyser men nor they.
Or else it's nae comin' sae sune as the prophet thocht.
It sud be 'nae ony days,' for there's nae days or nichts either to the blin'.
Gae hame to our father, and think naemair on me--I have eat my last earthly meal.
Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.
I shall wish him weel and happy a' the same; and if he has the luck to get a kirk in our country, I sall gang and hear him just the very same, to show that I bear nae malice.
Jeanie, with lips and cheeks as pale as ashes,--"and is there nae hope for her?
Then there's nae use o' my gaun ony farer," said the shepherd thoughtfully.
Tak' nae notice," remarked Quentin in a low voice, which went no farther than his comrade's ear.
He wad have been at this communion nae doot, if he hadna engaged to preach somewhere near Sanquhar this vera day.
I was ower stoot for't ance, but it's an ill wund that blaws nae guid.
The sodgers can do nae harm to me," returned the old woman firmly.
I claim to be as loyal as the best o' ye, but there's nae dictionary in this warld that defines loyalty to be slavish submission o' body an' sowl to a tyrant that fears naether God nor man.
Ye might as weel try to fancy a sheep wi' nae mair body than a king's-hood and some trollops, without head or trotters.
As kynde is of a conquerour, So comsede Jhesu, Til he hadde alle hem That he for bledde.
See on this superstition Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, pp.
She weend it had been hir luvely lord, As he cam ryding hame; It was the traitor Edom o' Gordon, Quha reckt nae sin nor shame.
O gin I loe a lady fair, Nae ill tales o her wad I tell, And it's wi thee I fain wad gae, Tho it were een to heavn or hell.
I dare nae for my life; I'll no gae to the bauld baròns, For to triest furth his wife.
He wauld nae tell the man his errand, Though he stude at the gait; Bot straiht into the ha' he cam, Quhair they were set at meit.
Now speak nae mair, my lusty dame, Now speak naemair of that to me; Did I neer see a fair woman, But I wad sin with her body?
And when nae answer they obtain, Then will they come and question me, And I will answer them again That I gat yere aith at the Eildon tree.
My mither lives on foreign isles, She has nae mair but me; She is a queen o wealth and state, And birth and high degree.
They had nae sooner supper sett, Nae sooner said the grace, But Edom o' Gordon and his men Were light about the place.
Yes, I will gae zour black errand, Though it be to zour cost; Sen ze by me will nae be warn'd, In it ze sail find frost.
And there it is, a silken sarke, Your ain hand sewd the sleive; Ze maun gae speik to Gill Morice: Speir nae bauld barons leave.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
