v. (past)
Gaw nykked; WA pres. pl. nyk
'denied, refused, said no' (Modern English nick)
PGmc Ancestor
*ne, *ni + *eka
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
neka 'to deny'
(ONP neka (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Norw neikka, OSw neka, Sw neka; cp. Icel neka
OE Cognate
nic (pron.) ‘not I, no’
Phonological and morphological markers
[absence of palatalization of */k/] (possibly diagnostic)
Summary category
CCC2c
MED cites a range of instances, only one of which shows a <ch> spelling (AW MS G). Largely restricted to N and alliterative contexts by the later 14c., when almost all occurrences come in collocation with nay.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 706, 2471; WA 2339