Of-neádian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-neádian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 of-neádian

to obtain by force, extort :-- Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel-wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force, Chart. Th. 295, 32. [O. Frs. of-néda : cf. Ger. ab-nöthigen.] of-neadian

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᚾᛖᚪᛞᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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