Middle English Dictionary Entry
nẹ̄ling(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nẹ̄ling(e adv. Also nedeling(e, (early) nedlunge. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS nȳd(l)inga, nēad(l)unga & A nēdunga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of necessity, necessarily; (b) with exertion, forcibly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)32/29 : Lað me is, & noðeles nedlunge ich do hit.
- c1225 St.Marg.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)51/24 : Þu most..nedlunge [Bod: nedunge] don hit; for Ȝef þu ne dest no, ne schaltu habben wið me dale of heouene-riche.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)99/19 : Al þe wa of þis world nis bute schadewe of þe wa of helle; Ich am þe schadewe..nedlunge ȝe moten oðer underuo me oðer þet grisliche wa þet ich am of schadewe.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)9/90 : He wolde..Profre his sustur his hond to cus, And he wolde sei..Þat moste heo do nedelyng.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)521 : In charyte are thre kyns loues, þat to parfite pese nedlyng [vrr. nedlynges, nedely] behoues.
- (1409) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125177 : It is ordand that no man of the sayd crafte sall putte..no sho to no hors fote apon the Sonondays to no custumer, bot if it so be that the same custumer be putt to travell at the same day and nedelyng behoves for to travell.
- ?a1450 Wycl.LFCatech.PN (Lamb 408)9/100 : Þese askyngys most nedelynge [vr. nedli] be fulfyllyd.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)274/25 : Þe egle emang all burdis fleis hyest..& yit hur muste nedelyng com down vnto þe law placis.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2623 : But this vsage..of purificacioun most nedeling thenne endet be.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)199 : Oðer kinnes neddre..criepeð nedlinge þureh nerewe hole and bileueð hire hude baften hire.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Sidrak & B.in NQ n.s.20 (Trin-C O.5.6)371 : Thynge that men alle daye off take Behovith to mynyshe ande nedelynge slake.
Note: Additional quote(s) sense (a).