Certis as in þat it most[e] nedes benedy of foreine helpe.
And thauh lyers and latchedrawers, And lolleres knocke, Let hem abyde tyl the bord be drawe, Ac bere hem none cromes, Tyl al thyn nedy neihebores Have none y-maked.
And also: yif that al the moneye that is over-al in the worlde were gadered toward o man, it sholde maken alle other men to bennedy as of that.
For yif so be that ther is a thing, that in any partye be febler of power, certes, 20 as in that, it mot nedes ben nedy of foreine help.
But how many a man, that was ful noble in his tyme, hath the wrecched and nedy foryetinge of wryteres put out of minde and don awey!
In that contree is no nedy man, ne none that gothe on beggynge.
Sire kyng, zee schulle have werre withouten pees, and alle weys to the 9 degree, zee schulle ben in subjeccioun to zoure enemyes; and zee schulle ben nedy of alle godes.
Then by the hand he drew the nedy man apart, And with the sight of glittring gold inflamed hath his hart: Take fiftie crownes of gold (quoth he) I geue them thee.
How might thou better have hem proved, but thus in thy nedy diseses?
Ergo, thing naughty, badde, and nedy in kyndely understandinge is more worthy than thing kyndely good, most 10 desyred and praysed!
Than muste richesse ben nedy, that in their having maken thee nedy to helpes, in suretee thy richesse to kepen; wherthrough foloweth, richesse to ben nedy.
A good gest gladdeth his hoste and al his meyny; but he is a badde gest that maketh his hoste nedy and to be aferd of his gestes going.
And in the apparaille of a povere man, And pilgrymes liknesse, Many tyme God hath ben met Among nedy peple, Ther nevere segge hym seigh In secte of the riche.
And for thei suffren and see 7550 So manye nedy folkes, And love hem noght as oure Lord bit, Thei lesen hir soules.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nedy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
