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† ˈnithful, a. Obs.
Forms: 1–3 nið-, niþ-, 3 nyþ-, niht-, 4 nithful.
[f. nithe n. + -ful. Cf. G. neidvoll.]
Envious, malicious.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 606 æfre bið se niðfulla wuniᵹende on ᵹedrefednysse. c1175Lamb. Hom. 57 Prud ne wreiere ne beo þu noht, Ne niðful in þi þoht. a1225Ancr. R. 404 Þo þeo niðfule Giws offreden ure Louerde þis sure present o rode. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1917 Ðo wex her hertes niðful & bold. a1300Cursor M. 23750 Þe flexs es ai to filthes fus, Þe werld nithful and couatus. Ibid. 27658 Nithful man he luues lest þe quilk he wat es dughtiest. |