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níw-hworfen

(adj.)

newly converted

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newly converted Betwux ðam níghworfenum folce ( the recently converted people of Kent ), Homl. Th. ii. 130, 27

ofer-níd

(n.)
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ofer-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Extreme need Gif hit oferneód beó si valde necesse sit L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 33

þeów-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-níd, e; f.
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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga ( Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham ) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd (þreánýd, Exon. Th. 187, 1

weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1. His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

níd-behéfe

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Add: necessary Nédbehéfe ys þá gyltas forceorfan necessarium est ipsas culpas succidere, Scint. 8, 4. Ꝥ is nýdbehéfe, Chrd. 111, 6. with dat. of person Ús ys þín líf nýdbehéfe gít, Hml. 8. 22, 226: 28, 142: Scint. 8, 4. <b>II a.</b> with

níd-behéfedness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-behéfedness, e; f.
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A need, necessity Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml. S. 23 b, 150

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níd-behéfness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-behéfness, e ; f.
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What is needful Ealle nýdbehǽfnysse hé wæs dǽlende þám þe þæs behófodon, Hml. S. 30, 8

Linked entry: be-héfness

níd-brýce

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níd-brýce, l.
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-bryce

níd-faru

(n.)
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At end of first line l. there for the, see Txts. p. 149

níd-gráp

(n.)
Grammar
níd-gráp, e; f.
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A violent grasp, forcible clutch Nýdgrápum :nimeð, Reim. 73

níd-hús

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hús, es; n.
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A necessary room Sýn eác binnan claustre slǽpern, beódern, hǽdern, and ealle þá neódhús þe bróðra beþurfon (cetere habitationes usibus fratrum necessariae), Chrd. 21, 18

níd-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-lic, adj.
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Necessary Swígendum ná éþelíce mæg lácnung gedafenlicre and neódlicre sprǽce beón gegearwnd, Scint. 41, 2

níd-ling

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Add: a captive Hit gelamp ꝥ Langbeardisce men gehergedon .xl. neadlinga dum fere quadringentos captivos Longobardi tenuissent, Gr. D. 232, 24

níd-mǽg

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níd-máge

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Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, Wlfst. 162, 21. Add

níd-micel

(adj.)
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The full passage in Bl. H. is: Medmycel ǽrende wé þyder habbað, and ús is þearf ꝥ wé hit þéh gefyllon we have an unimportant errand thither, and we must however carry it out, 233, 11. The poem seems to support the idea contained in nédmicel, that of urgency

níd-nimend

(n.)
Grammar
níd-nimend, e ; f.
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Rapine Fulle sindun nédnimende and unclénnisse pleni sunt rapina et immunditia, Mt. R. 23, 25. Cf. þeófend for suffix

Linked entry: -nimend

níd-sibb

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Niédsybba necessitudinum (Osburgae mihi contribulibus necessitudinum nexibus conglutinatae, Ald. 1. 12), An. Ox. 9, 5. Add