"ji" ending on verb "nai" stem?


My question is from this sentence. It is from the "Easy Japanese" YouTube
videos:

> 秋雨や我がすげみのはまだ濡らさじ

Why "nurasaji"? I would understand "mada nurasanai" - not yet wet - but why
"ji"?




じ is an archaic auxiliary, similar to まい describing negative volition.

<http://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009021.htm>

So it's まだ濡らすまい or まだ濡らさないようにしよう in modern Japanese.




じ is an archaic auxiliary, similar to まい describing negative volition.

<http://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009021.htm>

So it's まだ濡らすまい or まだ濡らさないようにしよう in modern Japanese.

