† need-forcen.adv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A. n.
on (or in, of, upon) need force: perforce, on compulsion; of necessity.
ΚΠ
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 155 [He] behovit for his honour on nedeforce to geve him bataill.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 167 Hame agayne behufis him gang on nedefors.
1536–7 in Sc. Hist. Rev. 7 361 The saidis tenentis..of neid fors had left the saidis landis unmanurit.
1549 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Quhar for on neid forse i vas constrenȝeit to be his sodiour.
1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 191 The Stewart than richt sorrowfull in hart. Vpon neid force to the dure did depart.
a1592 St. Andrews Psalter 192 Of neid force it man dikeay.
1638 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1839) I. xviii Soe of neid-force a course must be taken for getting of these bookes.
B. adv.
Perforce; of necessity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adverb]
needeOE
of (also for, on) needeOE
needseOE
needlingc1225
needs cost?a1300
needlingsc1300
needlya1350
of necessityc1390
needfullya1398
necessarily?a1400
needgatesa1400
needingsa1400
needwaysa1400
needslyc1425
perforcec1425
needilyc1475
needwayc1480
of (or on) force?1507
need-forcea1525
requisitely1565
of very force1587
necessitously1637
necessitively1647
par force1819
imperatively1833
necessitatedly1864
of perforce1897
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis l. 892 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 29 In a caldron full of pik Neidforce þar behufit him stik.
?1590–1 J. Burel tr. Pamphilus in Poems sig. D4 Sweit fruit, neid force, man tak ane plesant taist, Quhilk dois proceid, out of ane plesant tre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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