níd-hǽs
A command which is attended by compulsion
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A command which is attended by compulsion Man for cyning gebidde and hine búton neádhǽse heora willum weorðigen let people pray for the king, and honour him without injunction, of their own accord, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16
Linked entry: hǽs
níd-mægen
Force ⬩ violence
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Force, violence Nédmægn vim, Rtl. 117, 25
níd-micel
Very important ⬩ urgent
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Very important, urgent Nédmycel (medmycel, MS. B.) ǽrende wé ðider habbaþ, and ús is þearf ðæt wé hit gefyllon, St. Andr. 6, 20
níd-nima
One who takes by force
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One who takes by force Nédniomu violenti, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 12. Nédnioma (-niomo, Lind.) raptores, Lk. Skt. Rush. 18, 11
Linked entry: nima
níd-nimung
A taking by force ⬩ rapine
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A taking by force, rapine Wífa nýdnimung stuprum, raptum, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 32. Full is mið nédnimincg plenum est rapina, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 39
níd-scyld
Bounden duty
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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens
níd-sibb
Relationship
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Relationship Neádsibba necessitudinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 15
níd-syndrig
Quite apart
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Quite apart (?) Hí sylfe ða munecas nǽdsyndrige (monachos) seipsos, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 12
níd-þearf
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Necessary, needful Ys cræft mín behéfe þearle eów and neódþearf est ars mea utilis valde vobis et necessaria, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 29, 17. Is eallum mannum nédþearf and nytlíc ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 25. Behóflíc
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;
Linked entry: þeówetling
níd-wædla
A needy person
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A needy person Ðú scealt on wræc hweorfan nacod niédwædla, neorxna wanges dugeþum bedǽled, Cd. Th. 57, 16; Gen. 929
Linked entry: wǽdla
níd-wracu
Violence ⬩ misery caused by violence
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Violence, misery caused by violence Wæs ðæt gewin láð and longsum, ðe on ða leóde becom, nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525
níd-wyrhta
One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent
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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25. On mænigre dǽde ðonne man biþ nýdwyrhta, ðonne biþ se
Linked entry: níd-dǽda
niht-bealu
Bale or hurt that comes at night
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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193
niht-gild
A service ⬩ sacrifice celebrated at night
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A service, sacrifice celebrated at night Nihtgild nyctilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 18. Blóstmfreólsas and nihtgilda floralia nictelia (cf. blóstmgeld floralia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 52), Hpt. Gl. 515,18
niht-glóm
The darkness of night
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The darkness of night Wæs ðam báncofan æfter nihtglóme ( when the shades of night prevailed ) neáh geþrungen, Exon. Th. 158, 27; Gú. 916
niht-scada
night-shade
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night-shade (plant name) Nihtscada strumus vel uva lupina, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 18
Linked entry: sceada
niht-weorc
A work done at night
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A work done at night Nihtweorce ( the defeat of Grendel ) gefeh, Beo. Th. 1659; B. 827