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▪ I. † unˈnut, unˈnet, n. Obs.
Also 1 unnyt (-nit).
[OE. unnyt (cf. next and nut n.2), = WFris. on-, ûnnut, NFris. unnatt useless person, LG. unnütte useless thing, MDu. onnut, MHG. and G. (now chiefly dial.) unnutz damage, loss, harm, ON. únytja waste, Sw. onytta, Da. unytte uselessness.]
That which is useless or worthless; idleness, vanity; wrong-doing.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxv. §1 Eall þæt yfel & þæt unnet þe he ær on his mode hæfde. c965Canons Edgar §28 We lærað þæt man æt ciric-wæccan..æniᵹ unnit þar ne dreoᵹe. c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) xxx. 6 Þu hatodest..þa þe unnyt worhton. c1175Lamb. Hom. 153 Swa deð þe douel ine þe monnes eȝen, if ho boð opene to bihalden idel and unnet. a1225Ancr. R. 352 He isihð & ihereð oðerhwule unnut. c1230Hali Meid. 17 Ȝif ȝe þrafter þenne speken togedere folliche, & talkeð of unnet.
▪ II. † unˈnut, unˈnet, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 1–2 unnyt, 2–3 unnut. β. 1–4 unnet. γ. 3 unnitt.
[OE. unnyt (f. un- un-1 7 + nyt nut a.), = OFris. un-, onnet, WFris. on-, ûnnut, ûnnutte, NFris. unnatt, MDu. onnutte, onnut (Du. onnut), MLG. unnutte, LG. unnüt, OHG. unnuzzi, -nuzze (MHG. unnütze, -nutze, G. -nütz), Goth. unnuts.]
Useless, worthless, unprofitable, vain.
α Beowulf 413 Secgað sæliðend, þæt þes sele stande..idel & unnyt. c1000Ags. Gosp. xxv. 30 Wurpað þone unnyttan þeowan on þa uttran þystru. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 129 Al þat folc þat þurh unnutte speche..turneð fro gode. c1250Prayer Our Lady 3 in O.E. Misc. 192 Vnnut lif to longe ich lede.
βa1000Boeth. Metr. x. 17 Is ðæt unnet ᵹelp. a1200Moral Ode 5 Vnnet lif ich habbe iled. a1225Ancr. R. 82 Idel is & unnet al þet god ne cumeð of. c1330Arth. & Merl. 1254 (Kölbing), Þis men hadde wonder gret, Him to sle, it were vnnet.
γc1200Ormin 4921 Icc amm an allforrwurrþenn þeoww & all unnitt & idel. Ibid. 15127 Acc þatt wass all..Unnitt & idell dede. |