Ne, ney – nayNeant – and Noant, aunt (SB)
Neatril – natural i.e. a fool; a born fool (SB)
Neaw – now (SB)
Neb – the point of a thing, also the rim of a hat, the peak of a bonnet, the edge of a cake; "Awve never brokkn th' neb o'thy cake yet." (SB)
Ned – needed: "I hanno ned it," I have not needed it (SB)
Ned – Edward; also Nobseer, and Neddy (SB)
Nedno, needed not (SB)
Nedn – we needed (SB)
Nednno – we needed not (SB)
Nee – near, nigh ‘An’ that were precious nee my weddin’
Neeist – nearest (SB)
Neeld – a needle (SB)
Neer – never: "I neer shall." (SB)
Neese – a nest; Neestin, nesting (SB)
Neestlin – nestling (SB)
Neet, neeight – night ‘One neet I geet a bit o’er th’ line’
Neetrake – one who stays out late at night
Neeze – to sneeze; Neezin, sneezing (SB)
Neezt – sneezed (SB)
Neplin – a small cob of coal
Ner, nur – nor ‘Aw’d sooner sing for them nur kings’
Nese – nose (only in some localities.) (SB)
Nesh – tender ‘As nesh as a boiled turnip’; fragile (SB)
Nestle-cock – the nestling, the last child (SB)
Net, nettur – nature
Nethen – now then (SB)
Nethercrop – the spider
Nettle – to vex; Nettlt – vexed : also stung with nettles (SB)
Newer – never; "Aw newer will." (SB)
Neybur – neighbour (SB)
Neyve – a gripped fist (SB)
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Nifle, or Nyfle – a bit of anything, a trifle (SB)
Nimble-nook – a place near Oldham (SB)
Ninny – a witless person (SB)
Ninnyhommer – a dunce ‘Yoar a ninnyhommer t’ heed ur’
Nip – to- pinch, to twitch; also a name for a dog (SB)
Noabry – nobody ‘Nobry about to gi’ th’ grindle a turn’
Noagur – an augur (SB)
Noagur-hole or hoyle – a hole made by an augur also a game by marbles (SB)
Noan – no, none ‘He wants noan o’ th’ bonnet, thae foo’
Noant – aunt ‘Then says my Noant Marget’
Noather – neither.‘For, lukko me, th’ oud felly wus no foo’
Nor rebbil noather’
Noawe – no (SB)
Nob – head ‘Dunno trouble thi nob abeaut tat’
Nobbin – striking the head
Nobs – the upper class, the gentry
Nobut or Nobbo – nothing but, no-one but, only ‘Wee’r nobbut tawkin’
‘We’ve nobbut getten coarsish fare’
Nod – not ‘We keer [care] nowt for th’ din, nod a pin’
Noddle – the head
Noddleyed – blockhead (SB)
Noddlin – nodding (SB)
Noddy – a fool ‘Tha art a noddy!’
Nomanny, nominy – a speech, tale, sometimes for special occasions.
‘O’ th’ nomanny’ - everything
Nomony – a speech, a recitation (SB)
Nompion – a great man, a champion (SB)
Nook – a corner: at th' nook, at the further end, in a dilemma, a straight (SB)
Noonin – dinner-hour
Noonin – rest taken at noon; Noonscawpe, the same (SB)
Noss, nuss – nurse ‘Yo’ fend for, an’ noss ‘em’
Notchel – see Knotchel (SB)
Notchells – fragments,broken meats, leavings of a feast (SB)
Nothin – nothing: "He's a great nothin." (SB)
Nowe – no
Nowt – nought, nothing, also naughty, bad ‘Aw am no’ vexed nor nowt, not I’
Nowt – nothing: also bad, naught (SB)
Nowt a pound – worthless ‘A liar’s nowt a pound’
Nowty – naughty; full of badness (SB)
Nozzle – the nose (SB)
Nozzlin – nestling close (SB)
Nozzle-pap – to nestle to the pap (SB)
Nudg or Nudge – a private intimation, a shove of the elbow, or shoulder, to call attention
Nudged or nudg’t – jostled in a friendly way
Nudgin – reminding (SB)
Nudgt, reminded )SB)
Nudgn – they remind; also to stir a thing. "He nudgt it," to push against; "He just nudgt agen it." (SB)
Nuer or Newer – never (SB)
Nurr – a game at ball, with sticks (SB)
Nuz i' boz – nose i'th bo som (SB)
Nuzzle – to lie close to, as a child to its mother's bosom (SB)
Nyfle, or Nyfle – a trifle; a small quantity, a delicacy (SB)
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