= y not, I do not know: see NOT v.2

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 5628. Þere he liþ ȝut to þis day ac ynot to wuche dome Þe toun suþþe of pokel chirche fram glastingbury come.

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13[?].  in Ritson, Anc. Songs (1877), 57. Ynot non so freoh flour, Ase ledies that beth bryght in bour.

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