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níþing

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
níþing, es; m.
A villain, one who commits a vile action
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  • Walreáf is níþinges dǽde,

    • L. Ath. iv. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 228, 3.
  • Se cing and eall here cwǽdon Swegen for níþing (

    Swegen had treacherously put Beorn to death

    ),
    • Chr. 1049
    • ;
    • Erl. 174. 31.
Etymology
[
Icel. níðingr a villain. v. Cl. & Vig. Dict.
]
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v. un-níþing.
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