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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

never OE. nǣfre, f. ne + ǣfre; see NO3, EVER. The contr. form ner(e), with indef. art. nere a, neʾer a, became (dial.) narrow a, narra, (esp. U.S.) nary.
Hence nevertheless XIII; repl. earlier notheless, natheless OE. nā pȳ lǣs, f. nā, nō NO1 + instr. case of THE + LESS.

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