Nytan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nytan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

nytan
Add: (1) Cf. witan ; I. 2 :-- Þá nyston his leorningcnihtas nán andgit þyssera worda, Hml. Th. i. 152, 10. (2) Cf. witan; I. 4 :-- Hé hí þǽrúte nyste he did not know they were outside, Hml. S. 31, 693. (3) Cf. witan ; I. 7 :-- Wé be him náþor nyton swá hí ðǽr libban, swá hí ðǽr deáde licgon. Hml. S. 23, 306. (4) with gen. Cf. witan; I. 8 :-- Nát hé þára góda þæt hé mé ongeán sleá, B. 681. Hí ðæs godcundan gesceádes nyston ðurh stemne, Hml. Th. i. 106, 4. Eom ic cnæpling and nytende mínes færes, ii. 576, 15. (5) with dat. infin. :-- Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getrúwianne bútan hit þis sý, Ll. Th. i. 220, 16. nytan
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