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un-nyt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.
a vain thing, vanity, frivolity
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  • Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig,

    • L. I. P. 9
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 314, 30.

  • Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton

    odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue,

    • Ps. Th. 30, 6.

  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt man æt ciricwæccan ǽnig unnit ne dreóge,

    • L. Edg. C. 28
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 250, 13: 26
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 250, 5: 65
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 258, 12.

  • Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde,

    • Bt. 35, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 154, 26.

  • Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen?

    • Met. 10, 21.

  • Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt

    quare meditati sunt inania,

    • Ps. Th. 2, 1.

  • Unnyttu ł ídelnyssa sprǽcon ánra gehwilc

    vana locuti sunt unusquisque,

    • Ps. Lamb. ii. 3.
an evil thing, iniquity
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  • Hí unnyt sæcgeaþ

    loqueutur iniquitatem,

    • Ps. Th. 93, 4.
Etymology
[On unnet in vain,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 107, 3.
He isihð and ihereð oðerhwule unnut, and spekeð umbe hwule,
  • A. R. 352, 28
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-nyt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33581.

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