nied

See also: Nied

Old English

Alternative forms

nȳd, nēd, nēad

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

Descendants

Middle English: nede
- English: need
- Scots: nede