nief

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niːf/ Rhymes: -iːf === Etymology 1 === From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native. ==== Noun ==== nief (plural niefs) (historical) A serf or bondsman born into servitude. 1886, "The Fight at the Pass of Coleshill", The Red Dragon "Notes and Queries", page 471 ===== Alternative forms ===== neif ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English neve (“the clenched hand, fist”), from Old Norse nefi, hnefi (also knefi) ("hand, fist, handful"), from Proto-Germanic *hnefô, from Proto-Indo-European *knep- (“to scrape, scratch, grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Scots neif (“fist”), Norwegian neve, Danish næve, Swedish näve, Middle High German nevemez (“handful”). ==== Noun ==== nief (plural niefs or nieves) (chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) A clenched hand; fist. [from 14th c.] (chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) A handful or fistful. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The handgrip of a sword or oar. ===== Alternative forms ===== neif nieve nef, nefe, neff, neiff, neaf (Scotland) ===== Related terms ===== nievling ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Enif, Fein, Fine, NiFe, feni, fine, ifen, neif, nife == Middle English == === Noun === nief alternative form of neve (“nephew”) == Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === nyef (alternative spelling) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnjeɸ]? === Noun === nief f (plural nieues) apocopic form of nieue (“snow”)