Neyða

Old Norse Dictionary - neyða

Meaning of Old Norse word "neyða" in English.

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.)
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