nutte

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === nut nute === Etymology === From Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nut/ === Noun === 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 ==== nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness