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violence, force, compulsion, exercised by or upon persons
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  • Hé cwæð ꝥ wǽre mid gafoles neáde (neóde, v. l.) geþrafod sum geleáffull wer

    fidelis vir quidam necessitate debiti compulsus.

      Gr. D. 157, 22.

  • Hé wæs beótiende ꝥ hé wolde mid nýde

    (violenter)

    gán in þá cyrican,
      234, 15.

  • Hí hine mid nýde (néde, neádlunga, v. ll. ) upp áhófon and on his ágen hors ásetton

    invitum eum in caballum levaverunt,

      15, 27.

  • Arrianus þe þider cóm ꝥ nýd tó wyrcanne

    Arrianus, qui vim facturus advenerat,

    23572.
for, of níde
of necessity, unavoidably
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  • Gif ðú for neóde áxsast æfter mínum naman

    if you must ask for my name,

      Ap. Th. 15, 21.

  • Seó þearlwísnes þæs heardan lífes him ǽrest of nýde (néde, v. l.) becóm

    (ex necessitate obuenerat)

    for bóte his synna,
      Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 493, 19.
necessity from the facts or circumstances of the case
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  • Nales oð bewerenesse þá symbelnesse tó mǽrsienne mæssesanges, gif þæt nýd (néd, v. l.) ábǽdeð oððe symbeldæg gelimpeð oððe óðer sácerd in þǽre stówe ne bið

    non usque ad prohibitionem missarum sollemnia celebrandi, cum fortasse aut festus dies exigit, aut exhiberi mysterium (pro eo quod sacerdos alius in loco deest) ipsa necessitas compellit,

      Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 94, 23.
nýd is it is necessary or
needful (with dat. infin. or clause)
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  • Is mǽst neód ꝥ hé áséce,

      Angl. ix. 261, 4.
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  • Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden amang þissum Englisce,

      Angl. viii. 317, 16.
níd habban
to be under a necessity to do something
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  • Nabbað hí neóde tó farenne,

      Mt. 14, 16.
imperative demand for the presence, possession, &c. of something
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  • Nis mé þæs horses nán neód

    ego caballo opus non habeo,

      Gr. D. 15, 23.

  • Gif wé þám þearfan, þe þæs neód bið

    (who is in need of the water), gerǽcað cuppan cóles wæteres, Hml. A. 141, 82. VI a. (to have) need

    of :-- Secgað ꝥ Drihten hæfð his neóde,
      Mk. 11, 3.
(to have)
need, be in want
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  • Ðá néd hæfde

    quando necessitatem habuit.

      Mk. L. 2, 25.
a condition of affairs placing one in difficulty or
distress; a time of difficulty; exigency, emergency
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  • Móyses sǽde Drihtne þæs folces neóde,

      Ex. 15, 25.

  • Þæt Crístene menn tó cyrican faran magan and þǽr heora neóda tó Gode mǽnan,

      Wlfst. 278, 20.
a
condition marked by the lack or want of some necessary thing, or requiring some extraneous aid or addition
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  • Hml. Th. ii. 340, 21 (in Dict. ).
a matter requiring action to be taken, a piece of necessary business
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  • Martinus férde tó þám cásere, wolde for sumere neóde wið hine sprecan,

      Hml. S. 31, 651.

  • Eóde hé ymbe sume neóde,

      Vis. Lfc. 65.
a particular point or respect in which some necessity or want is present or is felt
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  • Heó sende þá gebróðra tó sécenne summe stán tó swilcere neóde, for ðan þe on þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána. Hml. S. 20, 76. XI a.

    a necessary article, necessary of life

    :-- Ámang þám feó þe wé on þysum dagum úre neóde mide bicgað,
      Hml. S. 23, 706. v. ciric-, folc-, ofer-, sǽr- (?), weorold-níd ; níde, nídes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “níd.” 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/55895.

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