Old English · noun
nieten
Normalised nīeten
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈni͜yː.ten/
- Syllables
- ˈni͜yː · ten (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- animal
Meaning
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animal
Culfre is bilewite nȳten, and fram geallan biternysse ælfremed.
A dove is a meek animal, and a stranger to the bitterness of gall.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" -
cattle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From nēat + -en.
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