nithとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 nīþ (“envy, hatred, affliction”), from Proto-West Germanic *nīþ, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”).

Cognate with Dutch nijd (“envy”), German Neid (“envy, jealousy”), regional Swedish nid (“hatred, envy”), Icelandic níð (“hatred, envy”).

発音

• IPA: /niːθ/

名詞

nith (uncountable) (poetic)

1. Enmity, spite; hate towards another person.
2. (rare, more generally) Evil, affliction, harm.

関連する語

• nithful

参照

• “nīth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.