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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.
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 Leg. S. i. 667.
And quhen thai suld twyne nedway Paule to Petir thus cane say Ib. xxxii. 9.
[Satan] The takyne of the croice ma see He man fle nedway magre his
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