† niftn.

Forms: Old English nift, Middle English nifte, Middle English nyfte, Middle English nyghte, Middle English nypt, Middle English nypte.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian nift niece, Middle Dutch nifte , nichte granddaughter, niece, female relative (Dutch nicht niece, cousin), Middle Low German nichte , nifte niece, granddaughter, female relative ( > German Nichte niece), Old High German nift , nifta close female relative, Old Icelandic nift , nipt < a Germanic base cognate with Sanskrit naptī female descendant, granddaughter, Avestan naptī granddaughter, classical Latin neptis (see niece n.), Early Irish necht (Irish neacht ) niece, Middle Welsh, Welsh nith niece < the Indo-European base also of neve n.¹ In forms with -p- altered after classical Latin neptis.

Obsolete.

A niece; (occasionally) a granddaughter.In quot. a1325: a grand-niece.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece

nifteOE

brother daughterOE

niecec1325

nephewa1513

niggie1868

eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 39 Priuigna, filia sororis, nift.

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. vii. 180 [Heo] wæs nift [L. neptem] þæs higna aldres þe he sohte.

c1275 ( Will of Wulfsige (Sawyer 1537) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 74 Ic an mine lauedy half marc goldes, an mine nifte ann ore wichte goldes.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1386 Of batuel ðis maiden cam, Ghe was forð nifte of abraham.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 10805 Sons welcomed þer fadres home..Neuous, nyftes, sistir, broþer, ilk a frende welcomed oþer.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 3378 Marculus, a bysshop of grece..Wyth Constance hys nyfte.

a1475 Revelations St. Birgitta (Garrett) (1929) 107 (MED) There appered three wymmen..the modre and the doughter and the nyfte, that is, the doughteris doughter.

?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 307 Nyfte [1440 Harl. 221 Nypt], brodyrs dowtyr, lectis.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 179 Prayeng you right hertyly to haue me to my ryght dere & beloued nyghte your wyf to be recommanded.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nift
释义	† niftn. Forms: Old English nift, Middle English nifte, Middle English nyfte, Middle English nyghte, Middle English nypt, Middle English nypte. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian nift niece, Middle Dutch nifte , nichte granddaughter, niece, female relative (Dutch nicht niece, cousin), Middle Low German nichte , nifte niece, granddaughter, female relative ( > German Nichte niece), Old High German nift , nifta close female relative, Old Icelandic nift , nipt < a Germanic base cognate with Sanskrit naptī female descendant, granddaughter, Avestan naptī granddaughter, classical Latin neptis (see niece n.), Early Irish necht (Irish neacht ) niece, Middle Welsh, Welsh nith niece < the Indo-European base also of neve n.¹ In forms with -p- altered after classical Latin neptis. Obsolete. A niece; (occasionally) a granddaughter.In quot. a1325: a grand-niece. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > niece nifteOE brother daughterOE niecec1325 nephewa1513 niggie1868 eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 39 Priuigna, filia sororis, nift. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. vii. 180 [Heo] wæs nift [L. neptem] þæs higna aldres þe he sohte. c1275 ( Will of Wulfsige (Sawyer 1537) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 74 Ic an mine lauedy half marc goldes, an mine nifte ann ore wichte goldes. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1386 Of batuel ðis maiden cam, Ghe was forð nifte of abraham. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 10805 Sons welcomed þer fadres home..Neuous, nyftes, sistir, broþer, ilk a frende welcomed oþer. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 3378 Marculus, a bysshop of grece..Wyth Constance hys nyfte. a1475 Revelations St. Birgitta (Garrett) (1929) 107 (MED) There appered three wymmen..the modre and the doughter and the nyfte, that is, the doughteris doughter. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 307 Nyfte [1440 Harl. 221 Nypt], brodyrs dowtyr, lectis. c1500 Melusine (1895) 179 Prayeng you right hertyly to haue me to my ryght dere & beloued nyghte your wyf to be recommanded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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