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Ned

Ned

See also: ned, NED, -ned, and -néd

English

Proper noun

Ned

  1. A medieval diminutive of the male given name Edward.

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ned

ned

See also: Ned, NED, -ned, and -néd

English

Noun

ned (plural neds)

  1. (Scotland, slang, pejorative, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
    • 2007 (Scotland), RecordView in Daily Record, 14 Feb 07, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8:
      The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neð/

Preposition

ned

  1. down

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian hnyd and Czech hned.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛt/

Adverb

ned

  1. immediately, straightaway

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • ner (no longer listed; obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Adverb

ned

  1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Adverb

ned

  1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

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Old English

Noun

nēd f

  1. Alternative form of nȳd

Scots

Noun

ned (plural neds)

  1. (slang, pejorative) ned

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neːd/

Alternative forms

Preposition

ned

  1. down