Old English · verb

niþan

Normalised nīþan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈniː.θɑn/
[ˈniː.ðɑn]
Syllables: ˈniː · θɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: envy

Meaning

to envy

Conjugation

Conjugation of niþan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	nīþe	nīþde
2nd singular	nīþest nīst	nīþdest
3rd singular	nīþeþ nīþþ nīþ	nīþde
Plural	nīþaþ	nīþdon
Subjunctive
Singular	nīþe	nīþde
Plural	nīþen	nīþden

Non-finite forms of niþan
	Form
Infinitive	nīþan
Inflected infinitive	nīþenne
Imperative singular	nīþ
Imperative plural	nīþaþ
Present participle	nīþende
Past participle	nīþed ġenīþed

All forms (17)

nīþe
nīþde
nīþest
nīst
nīþdest
nīþeþ
nīþþ
nīþ
nīþaþ
nīþdon
nīþen
nīþden
nīþan
nīþenne
nīþende
nīþed
ġenīþed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nīþijan, from Proto-Germanic *nīþijaną (“to envy, be jealous of, begrudge, revile”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”). By surface analysis, nīþ (“envy”) + -an (infinitive suffix). Cognate with Old High German nīden (“to envy”), Old Norse níða (“to revile”).

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