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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neither \Nei"ther\ (n[=e]"[th][~e]r or n[imac]"[th][~e]r; 277), a. [OE. neither, nother, nouther, AS. n[=a]w[eth]er, n[=a]hw[ae][eth]er; n[=a] never, not + hw[ae][eth]er whether. The word has followed the form of either. See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Neuter}, {Nor}.] Not either; not the one or the other.
Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.
He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neither \Nei"ther\, conj. Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more co["o]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king. --1 Kings xxii. 31.
Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me. --Milton.
When she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it. --Shak.
Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor. ''For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all.'' --Tyndale. ''Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it.'' --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). ''He is very tall, but not too tall neither.'' --Addison. '' 'I care not for his thrust' 'No, nor I neither.''' --Shak.
{Not so neither}, by no means. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
neither
adverb: after a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and neither were they"; "just as you would not complain, neither should he"
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