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nídan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
nídan, p. de
To force, compel, urge
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  • Ic nýde

    cogo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 14
      • :

  • Hé ús ne nét (Cott. MS. néd) tó ðam ðæt wé néde scylen gód dón,

    • Bt. 41, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 252, 3.

  • Hé nýt (

    compellet

    )

    eów ðæt gé faron út,

    • Ex. 11, 1.

  • Hié hié selfe nídaþ (Cott. MSS. niédaþ) tó healdonne swígean,

    • Past. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 271, 16.

  • Se páps nédde Adrianus ðæt hé biscopháde onfénge,

    • Bd. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 6.

  • Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs and nídde (Cott. MS. nédde) hié æfter gafole (

    exacted tribute from them

    ),
    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 3.

  • Hé nýdde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stígan,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 45.

  • Ne nýdde hé ná ðæt folc tó his cwale

    he did not force the people to kill him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 216, 1.

  • Ðá nýdde hé ðone unclǽnan gást út,

    • Lk. Skt. 9, 42.

  • Hé hié nýdde in fæðm fýres,

    • Cd. Th. 230, 14
      • ;
    • Dan. 233.

  • Ða Egiptiscan nýddon (

    urgebant

    )

    ðæt folc út of hira lande,

    • Ex. 12, 33.

  • Ðá nýddon hine his yldran tó ðæm ðæt hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón,

    • Blickl. Homl. 213, 1.

  • Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32.

  • Nýd

    compelle,

    • Lk. Skt. 14, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 376, 14.

  • Ne niéde (MS. H. nýde) ðú hine

    you shall not press him (the debtor),

    • L. Alf. 35
      • ;
    • Th. i. 52, 22.

  • Hwæðer seó godcunde foretiohhung oððe sió wyrd ús néde tó ðam ðe hí willen,

    • Bt. 40, 7
      • ;
    • Fox 242, 15.

  • Nédendum dóme

    urgente decreto,

    • Hpt. Gl, 488, 68.

  • Ic eom nýded,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 26.
Etymology
[
Goth. nauþjan
:
Icel. neyða
:
O. Sax. nódian
:
O. Frs. néda
:
O. H. Ger. nótian.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-nýdan, neádian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nídan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23625.

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