nutte
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: /nut/
Noun[edit]
nutte (plural nuttes)
- use, usefulness
- nought to nuttes — of no use, useless
- A he seide þat Bruttes neoren noht to nuttes, ah he seide þat þe Peohtes weoren gode cnihtes. — Layamon's Brut, c1275
Related terms[edit]
- nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness