nief

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A serf or bondsman born into servitude. historical
    — That is, because the girl was his nief, or bondwoman, the daughter of one of his villains
  2. A clenched hand; fist. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland
    — Ake thought if ever he was walking alone on a dark-like night and Jimmy came on him, he with his bare nieves and Jimmy with a knife, he'd stand as much chance of getting home safe as a celluloid cat that had strayed into hell[…].
  3. A handful or fistful. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland
  4. The handgrip of a sword or oar. Ireland,Northern-England,Scotland

词形变化

niefs plural neif alternative niefs plural nieves plural neif alternative nieve alternative nef alternative,Scotland nefe alternative,Scotland neff alternative,Scotland neiff alternative,Scotland neaf alternative,Scotland

词汇关系

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nievling

词源

词源 1
From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native.
词源 2
From Middle English neve (“the clenched hand, fist”), from Old Norse nefi, hnefi (also knefi) ("hand, fist, handful"), from Proto-Germanic *hnefô, from Proto-Indo-European *knep- (“to scrape, scratch, grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Scots neif (“fist”), Norwegian neve, Danish næve, Swedish näve, Middle High German nevemez (“handful”).
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