Nithing (noun) (archaic) (historic)
nith-ing
A coward, a villain; a person who breaks the law or a code of honour; an outlaw.
Old English; earliest use found in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From early Scandinavian níðingr.
Example sentences
“He’s nothing but a nithing, this town has never seen the like of.”
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