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nyt

  • noun [ feminine ]
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nyt, nytt, e; f.
use, advantage, profit
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  • Nyt

    commodum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 63.
  • Hundteóntig hí him sylfum tó nytte dydon

    centum in suos usus habebant,

    • Bd. 4, 13
    • ;
    • S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 72, 6.
  • Niþum tó nytte,

    • Exon. Th. 409, 10
    • ;
    • Rä. 27, 27.
  • Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte

    it has a face for use,

    • 416, 23
    • ;
    • Rä. 35, 3.
  • nyttum

    ad pensas,

    • Wrt. ii. 4, 40 :

    ad expensas,

    • 7, 30 :

    ad penses,

    • 99, 23.
office, duty
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  • Ðegn nytte beheóld, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge,

    • Beo. Th. 993
    • ;
    • B.494 : 6228; B. 3118.
Etymology
[
Bruttes neoren noht to nuttes, Laym. 13428
:
Icel. nyt; gen. nytjar; f. use, enjoyment
:
O. H. Ger. nuzzi.
]
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v. cyric-, sund-, sundor-nytt.
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v.  notu un-nyt.
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