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níd-þearf

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add: need, a condition marked by the lack or want of something necessary, or requiring some extraneous aid or addition Ðonne hié eallenga ágiémeleásiað ðone ymbhogan woruldcundra ðinga, ðonne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum

weorold-níd

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Hé tó his woroldneóde dyde þǽra þearfena fódan alimenta pauperum suis aptauit usibus, Chrd. 51, 32. Sý ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add

fyll-nis

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fyll-nis, -ness.

completeness, abundance

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Add: completeness, abundance On Críste ánum is ealles siges fylnes þurhtogen, Bl. H. 179, 7. Of fyllnisse his alle wé onféngon uuldor de plenitudine ejus omnes accepimus gratiam, Jn. L. R. 1, 16. Fylnysse liberalitate, gratia, An. Ox. 7, 228

Linked entry: fyl-nes

geán-nis

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For Hpt. Gl. 513 substitute Geánnysse obuiam (in sponsi obuiam subuolas, Ald. 65), An. Ox. 4610

orleg-níð

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-níð, es; m.

Hostility, strife,

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Hostility, strife, Cd. Th. 6, 6; Gen. 84: 56, 20; Gen. 915

bælig-nis

(n.)
Grammar
bælig-nis, -niss, e; f. [from belgan to be angry, to make angry]

An injury ⬩ injuria

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An injury; injuria, Mt. Lind. Stv. 20, 13

áwesc-nis

(n.)
Grammar
áwesc-nis, -niss, e ; f.

Disgrace ⬩ blushing for shame ⬩ reverence

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Disgrace, blushing for shame, reverence, Ps. Surt. 34, 26

hér-nis

Grammar
hér-nis, herstan, hérsum.

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nearu-níd

(n.)
Grammar
nearu-níd, -néd, e; f.

Sore need ⬩ grievous trouble

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Sore need, grievous trouble Ða menigo ðe ðé mid wuniaþ on nearonédum [ or (?) on nearo nédum in confinement by force ], Andr. Kmbl. 203; An. 102. From naronéðe de angusta (as if, angustia? ), Lk. Skt. p. 8, 6

níd-bád

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bád, e; f.

An exaction ⬩ a due ⬩ toll

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An exaction, a due, toll Ic Æðelbald Myrcna cincg wæs beden from bisceope Milréde ðæt ic him áléfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, Chart. Th. 28, 25 : 29, 8. Hé nymeþ nýdbáde he (Grendel) takes toll, Beo. Th. 1200; B. 598

níd-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bebod, es; n.

An urgent command ⬩ mandate

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An urgent command, mandate Healdeþ nýdbibod hálgan Dryhtnes, Exon. Th. 350, 32; Sch. 72

Linked entry: be-bod

níd-beþearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-beþearf, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary Sumæ béc ða ðe niédbeþearfosta (níd-beþyrfesta, Cott. MSS.) síen, Past. præf, ; Swt, 7, 7

níd-boda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-boda, an; m.

One who announces violence or distress

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One who announces violence or distress Sincalda sǽ, nýdboda ( the Red Sea which overwhelmed the Egyptians ), Cd. Th. 207, 29; Exod. 474

níd-brýce

(n.)
Grammar
níd-brýce, es; m.

Necessary use ⬩ requirement ⬩ need

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Necessary use, requirement, need Ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian tó his nédbrícum, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 31

níd-bysig

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-bysig, adj.

Troubled by distresses

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Troubled by distresses Ðǽr ( in hell) ðú (the devil ) nýdbysig fore oferhygdum eard gesóhtes, Exon. Th. 267, 31; Jul. 423

níd-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
níd-cofa, an; m.

A prison

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A prison Se hálga wæs lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced, sceal ðonne in neádcofan nihtlange fyrst wunian, Andr. Kmbl. 2619; An. 1311

níd-dǽda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-dǽda, an ; m.

One who does something under compulsion

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One who does something under compulsion 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

níd-fara

Grammar
níd-fara, nýd-fara, an; m.

One who journeys under compulsion ⬩ who is forced to march

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One who journeys under compulsion, who is forced to march, Cd. Th. 191, 1; Exod. 208

níd-faru

(n.)
Grammar
níd-faru, e; f.

A journey one is forced to take ⬩ death

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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357

níd-genga

(n.)
Grammar
níd-genga, an; m.

One who is forced to go ⬩ one who goes in misery

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One who is forced to go or one who goes in misery Nacod nídgenga ( Nebuchadnezzar ), Cd. Th. 255, 32; Dan. 633