niþ

See also: niy, nith, ñiy, nið, and níð

Middle English

Noun

niþ

  1. alternative form of nith

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nīþ, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate with Old Saxon nīth, Dutch nijd, Old High German nīd (German Neid), Old Norse níð (regional Swedish nid), Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːθ/

Noun

nīþ m

  1. envy, jealousy
  2. hostility, hatred, evil, violence
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      On þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.
      In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hostility and hatred that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative nīþ nīþas
accusative nīþ nīþas
genitive nīþes nīþa
dative nīþe nīþum

Derived terms

  • hellenīþ
  • nīþan (“to hate”)
  • nīþcwalu f (“violent death, destruction”)
  • nīþcwealm m (“violent death, destruction, nithqualm”)
  • nīþdraca m (“hostile dragon”)
  • nīþful (“envious, quarrelsome, ill-disposed, evil, nithful”)
  • nīþfullīce (“maliciously, nithfully”)
  • nīþgæst m (“hostile alien, fell demon”)
  • nīþgeteōn n (“attack”)
  • nīþġeweorc n (“evil deed, nithwork”)
  • nīþgrama m (“anger, malice”)
  • nīþgrimm (“fierce, hostile”)
  • nīþgripe m (“fierce grasp”)
  • nīþheard (“bold, brave in battle”)
  • nīþhell f (“hateful hell”)
  • nīþhete m (“hostility, evil intent: affliction, torment; foe”)
  • nīþhycgende (“evil-scheming”)
  • nīþhýdig (“valorous”)
  • nīþiġ (“envious, malicious, nithy”)
  • nīþing m (“wretch, villain, coward, outlaw nithing”)
  • nīþla, nīþle m (“enemy: enmity, fierceness”)
  • nīþlīce (“abjectly”)
  • nīþloca m (“place of torment, Hell”)
  • nīþplega m (“battle, fight”)
  • nīþsceaþa m (“foe, persecutor”)
  • nīþscipe m (“wickedness”)
  • nīþsele m (“hall of conflict”)
  • nīþsynn f (“grievous sin”)
  • nīþweorc n (“battle”)
  • nīþwracu f (“severe punishment”)
  • nīþwundor n (“dire wonder, fearful portent, nithwonder”)

Descendants

  • Middle English: nith, nithe, niþ, nuþ, nyth, nyþe, nið, nuð (Early Middle English)
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