Neyða
Old Norse Dictionary - neyða
Meaning of Old Norse word "neyða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- neyða
- d, [nauð], to force, compel; neyða e-n til e-s, Grág. i. 306, O. H. L. 41; ek þykkjumk þó mjök neyddr til hafa verit, Nj. 88; þeir neyddu hann og sögðu, Luke xxiv. 29, passim in mod. usage: to subdue, hann neyddi útrú Gyðinga, Hom. 42.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)