nithe

From Middle English nith, nithe, from Old English nīþ (“envy, hatred, enmity, rancor, spite, ill-will, jealousy, action which arises from hatred, strife, war, hostility, the effect of hatred, persecution, trouble, vexation, annoyance, affliction, tribulation, grief, evil, wickedness, malice, an instance of wickedness or malice, enmity, attack, oppression”), from Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“zeal, envy, hatred, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyt- (“to revile”). Cognate with Dutch nijd (“envy”), German Neid (“envy, jealousy”), regional Swedish nid (“hatred, envy”), Icelandic níð (“hatred, envy”).

• IPA^(key): /naɪð/

nithe (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Envy; hatred.

• nithing

• Thein, Thien, Thine, thein, thine

• neithe (dated)

nithe m pl

1. plural of ní