Nould

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    Would not. obsolete

    "Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement."

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particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmeticsrefusezinc oxide

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"Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement."

Etymology

From Middle English nolde (“would not”), from Old English nalde, nolde, first and third person preterite of nyllan (“will not”), from ne- (“not”) + wyllan (“will”). More at ne, will.

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