Níd-níd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Níd-níd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words:

Definitions

1 níd-níd

f. Absolute, unavoidable necessity :-- Gif ǽnig geþrístlǽse bútan slǽperne tó slǽpenne bútan hé neádneóde hæbbe (absque causa ineuitabili), Chrd. 61, 9. nid-nid

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ᚾᛁᛞ-ᚾᛁᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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