different between nott vs nowt

English

Alternative forms

• not

Etymology

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?t/

Adjective

nott (comparative more nott, superlative most nott)

1. (obsolete) Bald.
2. (now Britain dialect, Newfoundland) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
   • 1850, "On the Farming of Somerset", Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. XI, p. 679:

     For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:

     Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?

Verb

nott (third-person singular simple present notts, present participle notting, simple past and past participle notted)

1. (obsolete) To shear.
   • 1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles

     he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven.

English

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /na?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• (English Midlands) IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• Homophone: note

Etymology 1

Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to German nichts.

Pronoun

nowt

1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

Synonyms

• noot (Tyneside)

Noun

nowt (uncountable)

1. (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing.

Derived terms

• shy bairns get nowt

Adverb

nowt (not comparable)

1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

Antonyms

• owt

Etymology 2

From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *naut?. Cognate with Old English n?at, English neat.

Alternative forms

• nolt (dialectal or obsolete)

Noun

nowt (plural nowts)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
3. (figuratively, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• nowt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[4]

Anagrams

• Town, town, wo'n't, won't, wont

Middle English

Pronoun

nowt

1. Alternative form of nought

Adverb

nowt

1. Alternative form of nought

Adjective

nowt

1. Alternative form of nought

Noun

nowt

1. Alternative form of nought

Scots

Etymology

From Old English n?wiht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?ut/

Pronoun

nowt

1. (South Scots) naught, nothing

   Synonyms: nihin, nithin, nuhin, noot, nowts

   Antonym: owt