Nídinga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nídinga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (-unga) ; Related words: By force, against a person's will

Definitions

1 nídinga

ad :-- Nédunga violenti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 12. Ðý læs nédunga genom Crist menn ne raperet Christus homines, Rtl. 197, 35. Woldon hine dón niédenga (nídenga, Cott. MSS.) tó cyninge, Past. 3, 1 ; Swt. 33, 14. Ðá tugon heó hine nýdinga of ðam mynstre illum invitum monasterio duxerunt, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 22. Gif hwá mǽden nýdinga nimþ si quis puellam invitam ceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 130 ; Th. ii. 186, 20.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᛞᛝᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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