Níd-wyrhta

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - níd-wyrhta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an ;

níd-wyrhta
m. One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent :-- Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25. On mænigre dǽde ðonne man biþ nýdwyrhta, ðonne biþ se gebeorges ðé bet wyrðe ðe hé for neóde dyde ðæt ðæt hé dyde, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 12-14.

Related words: níd-dǽda. nid-wyrhta

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