nutte
Middle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English nytt (“use, utility, advantage”); cognate with Dutch nut (“use”).
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: /nut/
Noun
editnutte (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
edit- nuteluste — uselessness, unprofitableness, weakness