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Old English · noun

nied

Normalised nīed

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ni͜yːd/
Syllables
ni͜yːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
needforceemergencynecessityconceptcompulsiondistresssituation

Meaning

  1. force, compulsion

  2. need as an abstract concept, distress

  3. a need or necessity for something

  4. a situation of distress or lack of something

  5. emergency

  6. the runic character (/n/)

    byþ nearu on brēostan...

    Need is oppressive to the heart...

    The Old English rune poem

Declension

Declension of nied
SingularPlural
Nominative nīednīedenīeda
Accusative nīednīedenīedenīeda
Genitive nīedenīeda
Dative nīedenīedum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Descendants

need

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