Old French

Adverb

unkes

1. never
   • circa 1200, Marie de France, Lai de Bisclavret:

     mut s'esmerveillent li plusur
     kar unkes tel semblant ne fist
     vers nul hume kë il veïst.

     Much they marvelled
     For he had never done such a thing before
     Towards no man that he had seen.