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neádung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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neádung, e; f.
Force or violence used against any one, compulsion, necessity
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  • Ðeós neádung

    haec vis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 9, 29
    • ;
    • Som. 11, 62.
  • Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóþ ácennede reáflác, stala, unmǽþlic neádung,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 220, 12.
  • Hé nolde geniman ús neádunge of deófles anwealde,

    • i. 26, 30.
  • Hine betellan swilce hé neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn

    to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity,

    • H. R. 105, 26.
  • Neádunge

    vim,

    • Hpt. Gl. 435, 70.
Etymology
[
Icel. nauðung compulsion.
]
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