Nīþ
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title:
Nīþ
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In historical Germanic society, nīþ was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. A person affected with the stigma is a nīðing.
Middle English retained a cognate nithe, meaning 'envy', 'hate', or 'malice'. A related term is ergi, carrying the connotation of 'unmanliness'.
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encyclopedia
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Loss of honor in Germanic societies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%AB%C3%BE
date created:
2006-05-15T01:03:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T11:01:20Z
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