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Usage of say nay in English

But why not say nay, Selina, even if he do forgive 'ee?' 
 A Changed Man, and Other Tales 

I am myself unable to grant your desire or say nay. 
 The lady elizabeth 

They say nay in word, but they do so in deed. 
 Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. / A Collection of Speeches a... 

I may not say nay, said King Mark; now choose at your adventure. 
 Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 

I say nay, Mabel; they wouldn't have had the heart to hurt you. 
 The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea 

I am drawn, and cannot say nay to what draws me. 
 Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volum... 

Fetch thy wife afore me, said Merlin, and she shall not say nay. 
 Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 

Grace's tremblings had gone off, and she did not say nay. 
 The Woodlanders 

Then echoed from the ring Of crowded warriors, ' Say but nay, say nay! 
 A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics 

And yet he would have no power to say nay. 
 Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan... 

Ashiepattle could not say nay to that, so he said: 
 The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales 

Not so, said Arthur, ye have promised it me, ye may not say nay. 
 Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2 

Tode's uneducated, undisciplined conscience had to say nay to this. 
 Three People 

Then up spake stout Edward in a loud and angry voice, Now I say nay! 
 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 

Well, you are right to say nay, for I didn't say all, that's the truth. 
 The Virginians 

I say nay, the soul of humanity is pure, but our thoughts sometimes muddy that purity. 
 A Wiccan Bible 

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