Néðing

According to the Old English Dictionary:

e;

néðing

f. Daring, audacity :-- Ðæt hé þurh néðinge wunne, Exon. Th. 109, 33; Gú. 99. Ða swá swíðe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron ðæt hié on swá micle néðinge ... hiene æfter friþe sóhton on eástweardum ðeosan middangearde those who were in the west of this earth feared him (Alexander) so much, that they had the courage to visit him in search of peace in the east of this earth, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 136, 24. [Icel. nenning activity, energy : cf. O. H. Ger. nendigí audacia.] neðing