NEYÐnafnorðkvenkynf. need, distress, Hkr. iii. 288, Stj. 182, 213; this form is very freq. in mod. usage, esp. in hymns, Vídal., the Bible, instead of the older nauð (q. v.), e. g. Pass. 41. 1.COMPDS: neyðarkostr, neyðarúrræði.