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

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 7,241b numquam; Gdf: 5,525c nonques; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,794 nonque; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1952b numquam ]
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 )  Nonques n’avint ne trové ne fu ke nulle beste eust le cors d’une espesse et l’aulme d’une autre  311
unc 
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