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níd-nǽm

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
níd-nǽm, e; f.
A taking by force, rapine
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  • Nǽnigum biscope álýfed sí ówiht of heora ǽhtum þurh nýdnǽme him on geniman (

    violenter abstrahere

    ),
    • Bd. 4. 5
    • ;
    • S. 572. 36.
  • Gif hwá binnan ðám gemǽrum úres ríces reáflác and niédnǽme dó,

    • L. In. 10
    • ;
    • Th. i. 108, 9.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. nót-numft violentia, rapina.
]
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v.  níd-nimu.
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