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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*naudhi- = 'hardship', 'distress' (in a fight) [1]
*naudiz = 'violence', 'force'
*nauthiz = 'violence', 'force'
Old Norse
nauð(-r) = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
Gothic
nauths = 'compulsion' [3]
nauþ-s = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
Old High German
nōt = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
nôt = 'hardship', 'distress' (in a fight) [1]
Old Saxon
nōd = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
nôd = 'hardship', 'distress' (in a fight) [1]
Anglo-Saxon
néd = 'compulsion' [3]
niéd = 'compulsion' [3]
nýd = 'compulsion' [3]
Old English
néad = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
níed = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
Middle English
need = 'compulsion' [3]
Old Frisian
nēd = 'hardship', 'necessity', 'bondage', 'distress' [2]
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| GEIR | see Gernot (German) |