| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek neyði | 1pl | vér neyðum | 1sg | ek neyða | 1pl | vér neyðim |
| 2sg | þú neyðir | 2pl | þér neyðið | 2sg | þú neyðir | 2pl | þér neyðið |
| 3sg | hon neyðir | 3pl | þau neyða | 3sg | hon neyði | 3pl | þau neyði |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek neydda | 1pl | vér neyddum | 1sg | ek neydda | 1pl | vér neyddim |
| 2sg | þú neyddir | 2pl | þér neydduð | 2sg | þú neyddir | 2pl | þér neyddið |
| 3sg | hon neyddi | 3pl | þau neyddu | 3sg | hon neyddi | 3pl | þau neyddi |
| preterite infinitive | neyddu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | neydd | m. | neyddr | n. | neytt | |
| imperative | 2sg | neyð | 1pl | neyðum | 2pl | neyðið | |
| middle voice: neyðask (rare) | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek neyðumk | 1pl | vér neyðumk | 1sg | ek neyðumk | 1pl | vér neyðimk |
| 2sg | þú neyðisk | 2pl | þér neyðizk | 2sg | þú neyðisk | 2pl | þér neyðizk |
| 3sg | hon neyðisk | 3pl | þau neyðask | 3sg | hon neyðisk | 3pl | þau neyðisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek neyddumk | 1pl | vér neyddumk | 1sg | ek neyddumk | 1pl | vér neyddimk |
| 2sg | þú neyddisk | 2pl | þér neydduzk | 2sg | þú neyddisk | 2pl | þér neyddizk |
| 3sg | hon neyddisk | 3pl | þau neyddusk | 3sg | hon neyddisk | 3pl | þau neyddisk |
| past participle | n. | neyzk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | neyzk | 1pl | neyðumk | 2pl | neyðizk | |
PG *naudijaną, OE nȳdan 1 “force; urge,” nēadian 2 “force; constrain,” ME nēden “be necessary; need, require,” MnE need, archaic German nöten “compel.” Derived from the noun PG *naudiz, ON nauð(r) (ᚾ), OE nȳd [ᚾ] “necessity,” ME nēde, MnE need, Dutch nood, German Not. The ON verb nauðga 2 was derived from the same root by way of the adjective nauðigr “coerced.”
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