A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1499
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Ned(e)ling(e, -lyn, adv. [ME. nedlunge (Ancr. R.), nedelynge (c 1380), necessarily, early ME. nedlinge (c 1200), OE. néadlunga, nýdlinga, forcibly, by force.] Necessarily, unavoidably. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 345.
Sic fortone sal ȝe haf nedlinge As was ȝow talȝet in ȝoure getting a1400 Ib. l. 126.
All ydolis of stok & stane Mone nedling rot 14.. Regiam Majestatem c. 136.
Bot nedlyn as ane of the partiis mon be haldyn for vikit & ourcummyn
