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net-gearn

(n.)
Grammar
net-gearn, es; n.

Net-yarn ⬩ string for making nets

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Net-yarn, string for making nets Án cliwen gódes nettgernes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 7

net-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
net-ráp, es; m.

A toil

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A toil Netrápas plagas, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 26 : 57, 21

nic

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nic, = ne ic

not I

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not I Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 17. Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion

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necessity, inevitableness Neód (néd, Lind. Rush.) ys ðæt swycdómas cumon necesse est ut veniant scandala, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 7 : Homl. Th. i. 514, 33. Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 1. Nemne hwylc nýd máre ábǽdde, 3,

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

níd-behéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behéfe, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Necessary, needful Neádbehéfe necessarium, Hpt. Gl. 524, 65. Án þing is niédbehéfe, Lk. Skt. 10, 42. Is ðeáh niédbehéfe ungelǽredum woroldmonnum, Lchdm. iii, 440, 32. Se man wæs ðam déman þearle nýdbehéfe, Homl. Skt. 4, 144. On eallum ðissum þingum is

Linked entry: níd-behóf

níd-behéfe

(n.)

necessity

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necessity Ðá hnédbihoefe (Lind. néd) hæfde quando necessitatem habuit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 25. (?)

níd-behóf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóf, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Necessary, needful Án þing is nýdbehóf, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 9

Linked entries: níd-behéfe be-hóf

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary Hé sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3

níd-bysigu

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bysigu, -bysgu; f.

Distress ⬩ trouble

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Distress, trouble Nýdbysgum neáh, Exon. Th. 354, 11; Reim. 44

níd-clamm

(n.)
Grammar
níd-clamm, -clomm, es; m.

Necessity ⬩ need ⬩ distress

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Necessity, need, distress Of neád-clammum heora hé álǽdde de necessitatibus eorum eduxit, Ps. Lamb. 106, 28

Linked entry: clam

níd-cleofa

(n.)
Grammar
níd-cleofa, -clafa (?), an; m.

A prison

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A prison Ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan fram ðam engan hofe up forléte, Elen. Kmbl. 1419; El. 711. In nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod, 2249; El. 1276. Ðá wæs carcernes duru behliden . . . symle heó wuldorcyning herede in ðam nýdclafan, Exon. Th

níd-costing

(n.)
Grammar
níd-costing, e; f.

A distressing trial ⬩ affliction

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A distressing trial, affliction Nearwum genǽged nýdcostingum, Exon. Th. 171. 14; Gú. 1126

níd-freónd

(n.)
Grammar
níd-freónd, es; m.

One closely connected by relationship or friendship

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One closely connected by relationship or friendship Hé wæs pápan ǽhte bifealden Enagrius his neódfreóndes, Shrn. 36, 4

Linked entry: níd-gestealla

níd-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
níd-gafol, es; n.

A tax that must be paid ⬩ tribute

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A tax that must be paid, tribute Nédgaefel ðæm cásere tributum Caesari, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 2. Ymbe ðæt neádgafol úres Drihtnes, ðæt sýn úre teóþunga and cyricsceattas, L. Edg. S.; Th. i. 270, 26, 13

Linked entry: níd-gild

níd-geweald

(n.)
Grammar
níd-geweald, es; n.

Power that is forcibly exercised or that causes distress ⬩ tyranny

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Power that is forcibly exercised or that causes distress, tyranny Of deófles nýdgewalde genered, Exon. Th. 89, 2; Cri. 1451

níd-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
níd-gewuna, an; m.

A necessary, suitable custom

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A necessary, suitable custom (v. néd, IV) Neádgewuna debitus usus, i. congruus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 72

níd-gripe

(n.)

a violent grasp

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a violent grasp Hyne ( Grendel ) sár hafaþ in níd-gripe (MS. mid gripe; Th. níþgripe) nearwe befongen, Beo. Th. 1956; B. 976. (?)

níd-hǽmed

Grammar
níd-hǽmed, néd-, niéd-, nýd-hǽmed, es; n.

Rape

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Rape, L. Alf. pol. 25, 26; Th. i. 78, 11-18

níd-hǽmestre

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽmestre, an; f.

A woman who has been violated ⬩ a mistress

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A woman who has been violated, a mistress Nédhǽmestran amatricis, Hpt. Gl. 509, 70

Linked entry: hǽmestre