[ Nich], adv. no, S.—AS. ne + ic, I; see Sievers, 332.
[ Nieþe], ord. ninth, S; see [Nyne].
[ Nif], for Ne if, if not, except; nyf, S2.
[ Nifle], sb. trifle, HD, ND; nyfles, pl., CM, Palsg.; nines, Cotg. (s.v. nigeries).—OF. nifles, trifles (Palsg.). Cf. [Niuelen].
[ Nigard], sb. a niggard, a miser, PP; nygard, C, CM, PP; nygarde, PP, Palsg.; nygart, CM. Cf. [Nygun].
[ Nigardie], sb. stinginess, SkD, HD; nigardye, CM; nygardye, CM.
Night, Nigt, Niht; see [Nyght].
[ Nigromancye], sb. magic, sorcery, PP; nigramauncy, S2; nigramansy, B; nigromance, Cath.—OF. nigromance (Bartsch); cp. Low Lat. nigromantia (Ducange); Late Lat. necromantia, necromancy; Gr. νεκρομαντεία, divination by communion with the dead.
[ Niker], sb. water-sprite, SD; nykyr, siren, Prompt.; nyckers, pl., SPD; nykeren, SPD (p. 255).—AS. nicor, a water-demon (Grein); cp. Icel. nykr, hippopotamus: OHG. nichus, ‘crocodilus,’ see Grimm, Teut. M. p. 488.