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níd-þearf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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níd-þearf, e; f.
necessity, inevitableness
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  • Sum hit sceal geweorþan unáwendendlíce, ðæt biþ ðætte úre nýdþearf (néd-, Cott. MS.) biþ, and his willa biþ. Ac hit is sum swá gerád ðæt his nis nán neódþearf (néd-, Cott. MS.), and ðeáh ne deraþ nó ðeáh hit geweorþe,

    • Bt. 41, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 250, 1-4.
necessity, constraint
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  • Ðé nán neódþearf ne lǽrde tó wyrcanne ðæt ðæt ðú worhtest, ac mid ðínum ágenum willan ðú ealle þing geworhtest,

    • 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 128, 11.
need (for something)
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  • Nis him nánes þinges nédþearf,

    • 42
    • ;
    • Fox 258, 8.
  • Him biþ nídþearf (niéd-, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hé fleó,

    • Past. 21
    • ;
    • Swt. 167, 16.
  • Is suíðe micel niédþearf ðæt ... ,

    • Swt. 159, 2.
  • Ðé heora nán nýdþerf nis eft on mé tó nimene

    bonorum meorum non eges,

    • Ps. Th. 15, 1.
  • Nédþearf,

    • Met. 20, 20.
  • Mycel is nýdþearf manna gehwylcum ðæt ...,

    • Wulfst. 157, 10.
  • Hé wæs fram him eallum áræfned fore nýdþearfe his úttran weorca (

    ob necessitatem operum ipsius exteriorum

    ),
    • Bd. 5, 14
    • ;
    • S. 634, 13.
  • Him nánes ne biþ wana, ne hé nánes neódþearfe næfþ,

    • Bt. 24, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 80, 22.
  • Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé ongyton,

    • Blickl. Homl. 23, 1 : 81, 36.
a necessary thing, what a person needs
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  • Wuhta gehwylc wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe (cf. ealle ðider (

    earthwards

    )

    willniaþ ... ðæs ðe hí beþurfon,

    • Bt. 41, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 254, 29
    • )
  • sume neódfræce,

    • Met. 31, 15.
  • Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne (

    fit ut necessariis egeat

    ),

    ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes,

    • Bt. 33, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 124, 15-18.
  • Seó gítsung ne cann gemet, ne nǽfre ne biþ gehealden on ðære nídþearfe, ac wilnaþ simle máran ðonne hé þurfe,

    • 26, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 94, 6.
  • Se cyning his láreówum sealde heora nýdþearfe on missenlícum ǽhtum (

    necessarias in diversis speciebus possessiones

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 26
    • ;
    • S. 488, 20.
need, distress, trouble
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  • Hwí noldest ðú cuman tó ús tó ðære tíde ðe ús nýdþearf wæs

    quid recessisti longe in tribulatione?

    • Ps. Th. 9, 20.
  • Ðæt gé mé ne forseón on ðisse mycclan nédþearfe tíde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 151, 23.
  • Gedó ðæt ðú mé gefriðie æt mínre nýdþearfe

    de necessitatibus meis eripe me,

    • Ps. Th. 24, 15.
  • Fylston eów æt nýdþearfe

    in necessitate vos protegant,

    • Deut. 32, 38.
  • Seldon bútan máran nýdþearfe (

    praeter arctiorem necessitatem

    )

    má ðonne ǽne síþe on dæge ðæt heó wolde mete þicgan,

    • Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 588, 11.
a necessary business
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  • Ðá cwǽdon hí ðæt hí wǽron on heora nýdþearfum swýðe geswencte,

    • Guthl. 14
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 64. 3.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. nót-duruft necessitas, necessarium
:
Ger. noth-durft.
]
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