ne Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
    atomic number 10; neon.
  2. noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
    northeast; northeastward; nor'-east.
  3. noun a midwestern state on the Great Plains
    Nebraska; Cornhusker State.

WordNet

Ne adverb
Etymology
AS. ne. See No.
Definitions
  1. Not; never. Obs.
    He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer.
    ✍ Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See Negative, 2.
Ne conjunction
Etymology
See Ne, adv.
Definitions
  1. Nor. Obs. Shak.
    No niggard ne no fool. Chaucer.
    Chaucer.

Webster 1913