† niten for ne witen know not: cf. not v. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xiv. §3 Þæt is þara monna unþeaw þæt hi niton hwæt hie sen.c975Rushw.Gosp.Matt. xxi. 27 Þa onswarade to þæm hælende & cwædun, niton we.a1200Moral Ode 240 (Trin. Coll.MS.), Nabbeð hie none lisse; Niten hweðer hem doð wers.