nied

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • constraint, violence, compulsion
  • need as an abstract concept, distress
  • a need or necessity for something
  • a situation of distress or lack of something
  • the runic character ᚾ (/n/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *naudiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *naut- (misfortune, torment), *neh₂w-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*neh₂w-

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