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

Declension
Declension of niþ (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative nīþ nīþas
accusative nīþ nīþas
genitive nīþes nīþa
dative nīþe nīþum

Derived terms
  • 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”)
  • 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”)
  • nīþing m (“wretch, villain, coward, outlaw nithing”)
  • nīþiġ (“envious, malicious, nithy”)
  • nīþla, nīþle m (“enemy: enmity, fierceness”)
  • nīþloca m (“place of torment, Hell”)
  • nīþlīce (“abjectly”)
  • 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”)
  • nīþġeweorc n (“evil deed, nithwork”)

Descendants
  • Middle English: nith, nithe, niþ, nuþ, nyth, nyþe; nið, nuð
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