Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

níþ-hete

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
níþ-hete, es; m.
rancorous, hate, enmity
Show examples
  • Áwehte ðone wælníþ Nabochodonossor þurh níþhete,

    • Cd. Th. 219, 2
    • ;
    • Dan. 48.
affliction, grievous trouble
Show examples
  • Ðe hié generede wið ðam níþhete (

    the fiery furnace

    ),
    • 233, 22
    • ;
    • Dan. 279.
malice, wickedness
Show examples
  • Æfter níþhete wiðmétednyssa heora

    secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 27, 5.
Similar entries
Cf. hete-níþ.
Linked entries
v.  -hete.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • níþ-hete, n.