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níþan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
níþan, p. de
To envy
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  • Þweora manna þeáw is ꝥ hí æfestiað óþra manna góddǽde and hefelíce níþað þá hí selfe nó ðý ǽr habban willað

    mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum quod ipsi habere non appetunt,

      Gr. D. 117, 5.
Etymology
[Niðede ðat folk bim (Isaac) fel wel, and deden him flitten hire ostel (cf. me (Isaac) quem odistis et expulistis a vobis, Gen. 26, 27), Gen. and Ex. 1521. Þat þou be liþered nil þou niþe ne aemuleris ut nequiter facias, Ps. 36. 8. O. H. Ger. níden, nídón to hate, envy: Icel. níða to lampoon.]
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