For the cursing pole, see Nithing pole.
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In historical Germanic society, nīþ (Old Norse: níð; Old English: nīþ, nīð); was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. A person affected with the stigma is a nīðing (Old Norse: níðingr; Old English: nīðing, nīðgæst; Old High German: nidding). Middle English retained a cognate nithe, meaning "envy", "hate", or "malice".[1]
A related term is ergi, carrying the connotation of "unmanliness".
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