Níþ-hete

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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níþ-hete

m. I. rancorous, hate, enmity :-- Áwehte ðone wælníþ Nabochodonossor þurh níþhete, Cd. Th. 219, 2 ; Dan. 48. II. affliction, grievous trouble :-- Ðe hié generede wið ðam níþhete (the fiery furnace), 233, 22 ; Dan. 279. III. malice, wickedness :-- Æfter níþhete wiðmétednyssa heora secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. T. 27, 5. Cf. hete-níþ. niþ-hete