Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin; cf. OE. æfest, æfst, malice, which freq. occurs in connection with níð.] ? Malice.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom., 35. Jowes havis eft and nithe At me for the ferlikes that I kithe. Ibid., 125. Eft and nythe and felonny.
