shannot

alternative sha'not

1. Northern EnglandabbreviationcontractiondialectalobsoleteContraction of shall + not.

   And thou, dread God of Love, try every Dart. / You shannot stir.

   1685, Nathaniel Lee, Sophonisba: or, Hannibal’s Overthrow […], page 33

   5 more examples

   Beau. If e’re extremities did kill, we both / Shall die this very minute. Gra. You sha’not go.

   1660, James Shirley, The Wedding […], act 4

   Assure your self, though you have married her, you shall not long enjoy your happiness; you sha’not Sir.

   1678, T. D. [Thomas d'Urfey], The Fool Turn’d Critick […], page 57

   But though I languish for my Liberty, / I wou’d not buy it at the Christian Price / Of black Ingratitude: they shannot say, / That we deserv’d our Fortune by our Crimes.

   1695, Thomas Southerne, Oroonoko: A Tragedy […], published 1699, page 36

   “Shame or no shame,” said George, “she shall live.” ¶ “She shannot, she shannot!” screamed the old man.

   1891, Robert Williams Buchanan, “Come, Live With Me, and Be My Love”: An English Pastoral, page 224

   ‘Well, I’m baan to wrostle wi’ Him, an’ if He flings me aw shannot ax yo’ to pick me up, noather.’

   1895, Marshall Mather, Lancashire Idylls, page 300

   Synonyms: shan't