noncques (1266-1300)
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noncques (1266-1300)

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[ gdw]

  FEW:  numquam 7,241b Gdf:  nonques 5,525c GdfC: ∅ TL: nonque 6,794 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  numquam 1952b
nonques,  nunquis  

Whereas the word onques is very common (see unc), its negated form is quite rare in Anglo-Norman as well as Continental French.

adv.

1never: 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Job [...] qui a tout tens fuist si prudres et humbles envers Dieu que sa bouche nunquis pechat  31.2
ne... noncques
1never: 
( 1266-1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  n'onques n’avint ne trové ne fu ke nulle beste eust le cors d’une espesse et l’anlme d’une autre  325.S158.27
unc 
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