níd-hús
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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-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
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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
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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
níd-þearf
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Oft sé sláwa ágǽlð ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrceanne plerumque piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25. Add
níd-þeów
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Hláforda gehwylc áh swýþe micele þearfe þæt hé his men rihtlíce healde; and hit bið his ágen þearf þæt hé his neádþeówum beorge swá hé betst mæge, Wlfst. 300, 4. Add
níd-þrafung
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Harsh reproof Sé ðe suá forbýgð ðone wielm and ðone onrǽs his hátheortnesse for ðǽm ðe hine mon sleá mid líðelicre andsuare, ðonne bið his unðeáw ofslægen bútan ǽlcre niédðrafunga, suá suá Isael wæs deád bútan orde qui ergo a fervoris sui impetu sub
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níw-slícod
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Newly-glossed, with the gloss fresh on it (a garment) Swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel, Shrn. 149, 8
níw-soden
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Newly-boiled Nísodenes wínes defruli, An. Ox. 326
ofer-níd
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Ne beó man þæs fulluhtes tó hræd bútan oferneód geweorðe, Wlfst. 123, 25. Add
sǽr-níd
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dire need Drígiþ . . . sǽrnéd (særden is the original form) sorgæ, Beiblatt 16, 231. (?)
hǽðen-nes
Heathenism, paganism ⬩ gentilitas
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Heathenism, paganism; gentilitas Ðá ongunnon monige hǽðennysse þeáw forlǽtan relicto gentilitatis ritu, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 12. Hé tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39
heáh-nes
Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence
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Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence Ðæs heánes wǽre óð monnes swyran its height was up to a man's neck, Shrn. 81, 13. Sió heánes ðara munta altitudo montium, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 397, 36. Hú micel síó heánes
heard-neb
Having a hard beak
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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15
ofer-níd
Extreme need
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Extreme need Gif hit oferneód beó si valde necesse sit L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 33