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nid (plural nids)

1. Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”)
   • 1884, William Carnegie, Practical game preserving, page 15:

     Owing to the size of the enclosure, most of the hens will commence their laying and nesting operations in the same or similar manner to unrestrained birds, forming their nids, and proceeding in the usual way. The aim of the mode of introducing pheasants here described is […]

nid

1. (linguistics) Initialism of noun inanimate dependent.

• na
• nad
• ni

• nid-nod

• DIN, Din, IDN, din, IND, in d., Ind, DNI, ind., Ind.

Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate of Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ), Faroese níð, Icelandic níð, German Neid, Dutch nijd.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnið/

nid (singular definite niddet, not used in plural form)

1. (archaic or poetic). feeling of intense hatred or strong envy.

• nidstirre
• nidvise

• nidding
• niddingsdåd

• “nid” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nid” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Inherited from Old French nid, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

• IPA^(key): /ni/

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• Homophones: ni, nids, nie, nient, nies

nid m (plural nids)

1. nest
   • 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".

     L’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid

     The swallow and the warbler, it's the forest that told me / The swallow and the warbler have already made their nests

2. (military) Some people or dangerous things, hidden or not

   Nid de mitrailleuses

   machine gun nest

   Nid d’espions

   spy's nest

• nid d’aigle
• nid d’amour
• nid de poule
• petit à petit, l’oiseau fait son nid

• “nid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /n̠ʲɪdʲ/

nid

1. inflection of nead:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

From Latin nīdus.

nid m

1. nest

• nid on the Lombard Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^lmo

From Latin nīdus.

nid m (plural nids)

1. (Guernsey) nest

From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, sense 2 being a semantic loan from German Neid. Doublet of ni-.

nid n (definite singular nidet, uncountable)

1. (archaic or historical) mockery, defamation, shame
2. (literary) envy, hatred, animosity

• nidsk
• nidskrift n
• nidvise f

• niding m
• nidstong f

• “nid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate with Old English nīþ, Old Norse níð.

nīd m

1. envy
2. hate
3. malice

• Middle High German: nīt
  • German: Neid
  • Luxembourgish: Näid

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

nid m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

1. nest

Inherited from Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate of Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ), German Neid, Dutch nijd.

nid n

1. (archaic or archaizing) scornful mockery

Mostly as part of compounds.

• nidbild
• niddikt
• nidskrift
• nidvisa

• niding

• nid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• niding in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From ni with the same meaning, perhaps with addition of yd (affirmative particle).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /nɪd/^[2]
• Rhymes: -ɪd

nid

1. (formal) not (used before a word or phrase that has been moved before the main verb for emphasis)
   • 2022 October 12, “Fêpio ac ymddygiad gwael yn straen sylweddol ar athrawon”, in BBC Cymru Fyw‎^[1]:

     “Nid yma i gosbi mae athrawon,” meddai pennaeth Bro Myrddin

     “Teachers are not here to punish,” said the head of Bro Myrddin [School]

2. (literary) not (used before a vowel)

• dim (“not”) (colloquial)
• ni (“not”) (literary, used before a consonant)