ˈneedlings, adv. Obs. (exc. north. dial.)
Forms: 4–6 ned-, nede-, (5 nedy-), 5–6 Sc. neid-, 6 neyd- (also with -linges, -is, -lynges, -is, etc.); 5 nedelonges.
[f. need n. + -lings: see prec. and -ling2.]
Necessarily; of necessity.
| 13.. Cursor M. 2450 (Gött.), Þair bestis nedlinges most þai flitt. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 61 Mannis spirit..mut nedelingis do what ony of þes vertues doiþ. c 1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xii, Nedelonges most I sitte him by,..For he wasse my wedutte fere. c 1450 Lovelich Merlin 2372 Nedylynges thedyr moste He go. 1513 Douglas æneis x. viii. 76 Ane schort..terme is set Of lyfe, quhen all most neydlyngis pay that det. |