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níd-dǽda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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níd-dǽda, an ; m.
One who does something under compulsion
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  • Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ (

    kills the housebreaker),

    hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, búton hé niéddǽda (nýd-, MS. H.) wǽre

    (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ),

    • L. Alf. 25
    • ;
    • Th. i. 50, 21.
  • Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes,

    • 13
    • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 22.
Similar entries
v. níd-wyrhta.
Linked entries
v.  nídes níd-wraca níd-wyrhta.
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