natheless

adv

natheless

adv

/ˈneɪθlɪs/

Etymology From Middle English natheles, equivalent to no + the + less. Compare netheless.

1

Archaic Nevertheless.

  • Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart?a. 1772 (date written), Dante [Alighieri], “[Translations.] Dante. Canto 33, dell’ Inferno.”, in Thomas Gray, transl., edited by Edmund Gosse, The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. […], volume I (Poems, Journals, and Essays), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 157:
  • And if he doth not return, this Wilfred may natheless repay us our charges when he shall gain treasure by the strength of his spear and of his sword, even as he did yesterday and this day also.1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
2 more examples
  • With the first light she laughed, and the last light Glows round her still; who natheless in the night At length must make an end.1871, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sunset Wings, lines 18–20:
  • He had tortured the lady with exceeding tortures, natheless she would not confess to him aught […].1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 13”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:

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