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▪ I. † nait, n. north. and Sc. Obs. rare.
Also 4 naite, 6 nate.
[a. ON. neyte, neyti (Norw. nöyte, MSw. -nöte) use, etc.: related to neyta nait v.1]
a. Use, profit, advantage.
b. Use, end, purpose.
a1300Cursor M. 22883 Agh we þer-on to seke resun Hu he dos alkin thing to nait. Ibid. 24746 Þof mans wijt [= wit] be neuer sa strait, Sco mai well bring it vnto nait. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 61, I defend that we fall in any fechtine; I had mekill mair nait sum freindschip to find. 1513Douglas æneis iv. xii. 10 Furth scho drew the Troiane swerd, fute hait, A wappin was neuir wrocht for sic a nate.
▪ II. † nait, a. north. and Sc. Obs. rare.
Also 5 nayet.
[a. ON. neyt-r fit for use, good: related to prec. and next.]
Useful, good at need.
c1400Destr. Troy 1038 Nestor, a noble man, naitest in werre. Ibid. 3878 Non was so noble, ne of nait strenght, As Ector. [Also 8211, etc.] 1513Douglas æneis xii. vii. 47 This Iapis sage..wyth his nait handis tway Begouth for till exem, and till assay The wond.
▪ III. † nait, v.1 Obs.
Also 4–5 naite, nayt(e, 5 (7, 9 dial.) nate.
[a. ON. neyta (Norw. nöyta, Sw. nöta):—*nautjan, f. *naut- (cf. naut cattle, nowt, nautr gift, companion), ablaut var. of *neut-, whence Goth. niutan, ON. njóta (Sw. njuta), OE. néotan to enjoy.]
1. trans. To make use of, to use.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 531 Vche fowle [took] to þe flyht þat fyþerez myȝt serue, Vche fysch to þe flod þat fynne couþe nayte. a1400Sir Perc. 185 Other gudez would scho nonne nayte; But with hir tuke a tryppe of gayte. c1400Destr. Troy 6031 All necessaries for þe night, þat þai naite shuld. c1460Towneley Myst. xxiii. 62 Loke that we haue that we shuld nate, For to hald this shrew strate. 1677Nicolson Gloss. in Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1870) IX. 316 Nate, to use. 1807Stagg Poems 48 Then brouce about nor tek sec preesin, To nate your awn.
b. To go over, recite, repeat. rare.
13..S. Erkenwolde 119 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 268 Ser Erkenwolde..welneghe al þe nyȝt hade naityd [MS. nattyd] his houres. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 65 Loude crye was þer kest of clerkez & oþer, Nowel nayted o-newe, neuened ful ofte.
2. refl. To exert oneself. rare.
a1400–50Alexander 2518 For Alexander all-ways..Naytis him-selfe in ilke nede, & so his name rysis. Ibid. 2968 [He] naytis him to ryse, Buskis him vp at a braide.
▪ IV. † nait, v.2 Obs. rare.
[a. ON. neita, f. nei nay adv.]
trans. To refuse, deny.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. met. i. 1 (Camb. MS.), With how deef an Ere deth cruwel torneth a-wey fro wrecches and nayteth to closyn wepynge eyen. c1386― Pars. T. ⁋939 Ne he shal nat nayte ne denye his synne. c1400Apol. Loll. 77 As it schal be ȝeuen to him that is callid.., so it schal be naytid him þat offreþ himsilf. c1440Promp. Parv. 351/1 Naytyn, or denyyn, nego, abnego, denego. |