• nieht
• niet
• *niewihts(partitive genitive, sense 2)

FromProto-West Germanic*naiwwiht. Equivalent tone-(“not”) +‎io(“ever”) +‎wiht(“creature”). Cognate withOld Englishnāwiht,Old High Germanniowiht,Old Frisiannāwet andOld Saxonneowiht.

niewiht

1. not

   Synonyms:ne,ne-

   • c. 900CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen[The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     Sālig man thērniweht vuor in gerēde ungenēthero, inde in wege sundigero ne stunt, inde in stuole sufte ne saz.

     Graceful is the man who didnot go to the trial of the godless, and did not stand on the road of sin, and did not sit in the seat of perdition.

   • c. 1100CE,Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:

     Hērro keiser Nerō.Niet nemerke an ere lēre.

     Lord emporer Nero, heednot their teachings!

• Middle Dutch:niet,nicht,niewet
  • Dutch:niet (see there for further descendants)
  • Jersey Dutch:nît
  • Limburgish:neet

niewiht

1. nothing
   • c. 900CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen[The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     Furniewehte behaldona saltu duon sia.

     Fornothing you shall save them.

• Middle Dutch:niets (←*niewihts)
  • Dutch:niets

niewiht

1. (rare)worthless, of noworth
   • c. 900CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen[The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     Gālīco scieton sulun imo in ne sulun forhtun gefestodun sig wortnewiht.

     Suddenly they will shoot at him and they will not fear, they bound themselves with aworthless word.

In sense 1, often bothniewiht (and variants) andne- were used to negate the verb:

• ne- +drēdes +niewiht →nedrēdes niewiht ("do you not fear?")
• niet +ne- +merke →niet nemerke ("do not heed!")
• ne- +wirthet +nieht →newirthet nieht ("it doesn't become.")

• “niewiht (I)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012
• “niewiht (II)”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

• Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
• Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
• Old Dutch terms prefixed with ne-
• Old Dutch compound terms
• Old Dutch lemmas
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• Old Dutch pronouns
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