Neyð
Old Norse Dictionary - neyð
Meaning of Old Norse word "neyð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word neyð can mean:neyð
- neyð
- f. need, distress, Hkr. iii. 288, Stj. 182, 213; this form is very freq. in mod. usage, esp. in hymns, Vídal., the Bible, instead of the older nauð (q. v.), e. g. Pass. 41. 1.
- neyð
- COMPDS: neyðarkostr, neyðarúrræði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.