Middle English Dictionary Entry
nẹ̄dinge adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nẹ̄dinge adv. Also nedingæ, nedunge, nedunga. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. A nēdunga, WS nīedenga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Forcibly, by force; (b) necessarily, of necessity.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/30 : Ferde heo to mid alle þam folce þe heo mid hire hæfde & þone licamæ nedyngæ æt heom nam.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)123 : Cristes rihtwisnesse is swa muchel þet he nolde niman moncun nedunga of ðan deofle butan he hit forgulte.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)50/25 : Þu most..nedunge [vr. nedlunge] don hit; for ȝef þu ne dest no, ne schalt tu habbe wið me dale in heoueriche.
- c1350 NPass.(Rwl C.655)2.132/452 : Þat y ssal nedinge þerto [Add: Bot ȝif þat it be so þat it by houes nedis be ydo, I am redy to don thi will].