Obs. Also 1 unnyt (-nit). [OE. unnyt (cf. next and NUT sb.2), = WFris. on-, ûnnut, NFris. unnatt useless person, LG. unnütte useless thing, MDu. onnut, MHG. and G. (now chiefly dial.) unnutz damage, loss, harm, ON. únytja waste, Sw. onytta, Da. unytte uselessness.] That which is useless or worthless; idleness, vanity; wrong-doing.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxv. § 1. Eall þæt yfel & þæt unnet þe he ær on his mode hæfde.

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c. 965.  Canons Edgar, § 28. We lærað þæt man æt ciric-wæccan … æniʓ unnit þar ne dreoʓe.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), xxx. 6. Þu hatodest … þa þe unnyt worhton.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 153. Swa deð þe douel ine þe monnes eȝen, if ho boð opene to bihalden idel and unnet.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 352. He isihð & ihereð oðerhwule unnut.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 17. Ȝif ȝe þrafter þenne speken togedere folliche, & talkeð of unnet.

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