nied
See also: Nied
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *naudiz, from earlier *nauþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *nAut- (“torment, misfortune”), from *nāw- (“the dead, corpse”). Cognate with Old Frisian nēd (West Frisian need), Old Saxon nōd (Low German noot), Dutch nood, Old High German nōt (German Not (“need, hardship, emergency”), Old Norse nauð (Danish nød, Swedish nöd), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (nauþs). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian nõvyti (“oppress, destroy”), Old Church Slavonic уныти (unyti), Russian ныть (nytʹ, “throbbing pain”), Latvian nāve (“death”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niːyd/
Noun
nīed f or n (West Saxon)
- 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/)
Declension
Declension of nied (strong i-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | nīed | nīede, nīeda |
accusative | nīed, nīede | nīede, nīeda |
genitive | nīede | nīeda |
dative | nīede | nīedum |
Declension of nied (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | nīed | nīed |
accusative | nīed | nīed |
genitive | nīedes | nīeda |
dative | nīede | nīedum |
Derived terms
- nīedwracu
See also
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