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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400
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Ned(e)-, Neid-way, adv. = Ned(e)wayis. — 1375 Barb. xix. 156.
Thé behufis neid-way [H. needwise], said the King, To this thing heir say thine avis a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 667.
And quhen thai suld twyne nedway Paule to Petir thus cane say a1400 Ib. xxxii. 9.
[Satan] The takyne of the croice ma see He man fle nedway magre his
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