nauð

• IPA^(key): /nøyːð/
• Rhymes: -øyːð

From Old Norse nauð, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

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1. need
2. distress

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1. nagging, pestering, whining

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• (nagging): kvabb, suð, nudd, juð

• nauðr, neyð

From Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz. Compare Old English nīed, nēad (English need), Old Frisian nēd (West Frisian need), Old Saxon nōd (Low German noot), Old High German nōt (German Not), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (nauþs).

nauð f

1. distress
2. need, necessity

• Icelandic: nauð, neyð
• Faroese: neyð
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nød
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naud
• Old Swedish: nøþ, nø̄þ
  • Swedish: nöd
• Danish: nød