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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1499-1515
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Ned(e)-, Neidlingis, adv. Also: neyd-, nyed-, needand -linges, -lings, -lyngis, -lyns. [ME. nedlinges (Cursor M.), nedelinges, nedylynges (c 1450), thereafter appar. only Sc.: cf. Ned(e)ling(eadv.] a. Necessarily, unavoidably, inescapably; compulsorily. Also b. insistently, pertinaciously, in despite of everything. = Nedis adv.a. 1375 Barb. ix. 725.
Bot thai that war arestit then War of thair taking voundir wa; Bot nedlyngis thame behufit be swa a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 854.
Sic wil of slepe hyme can ta That in the mydis of the way Nedlyngis to slepe he don lay a1400 Ib. l. 109.
For nedlingis faile mon althing ?1438 Alex. ii. 6805.
Sa worthis neidlingis that thay fecht Quhill ane of thame discumfit be ?1438 Ib. 5798, 6552. a1500 Henr. Fab. 787 (H). a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 405. a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 2336. 1513 Doug. x. viii. 76.
Quhen all most neydlyngis pay that det 1513 Ib. xii. xii. 137.
The mekill hart … Quhilk thar inclusit neidlingis mon abyd 1513 Ib. iv. Prol. 5, xi. Prol. 67. 1514–15 Douglas Corr. 70.
And ȝit nyedlyngis he mane wryte aganst hym tyll [have] all hys promotione reversytb. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii. 775.
That quhilis his predecessoure … Nedlyns wald wyt quhare the body Of this religiouse martyre cane ly
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