Shannot

//ˈʃænɑt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Contraction of shall + not. Northern-England, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, obsolete

    "Beau. If e’re extremities did kill, we both / Shall die this very minute. Gra. You sha’not go."

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shan't

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"Beau. If e’re extremities did kill, we both / Shall die this very minute. Gra. You sha’not go."

Etymology

Contraction of shall + not, first attested in the 16th century but likely inherited from Late Middle English. Displaced by shan't in most dialects of English after the early modern period. Parallel to cannot and obsolete or dialectal wonnot, hannot, donnot.

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