Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Use; profit; foredeal; advantage.

  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)End; purpose.

Origin

From Middle English naite, from Old Norse neyte, neyti (“use”), from Proto-Germanic *nauti

From Middle English naite, from Old Norse neyte, neyti (“use”), from Proto-Germanic *nautiz (“use”).

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Forms

plural: naits
Singularnait
Pluralnaits

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
naganahnailB1naiveC1naivelyC1naivetyC1

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