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tídre

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tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
weak, fragile, easily broken
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  • Tédre swá swá gangewifran nett,

      Ps. Th. 38, 12.

  • Se wyrttruma byþ breáþ and tídre, ðonne hé gedríged byþ,

      Lchdm. i. 260, 7.
weak, frail, of physical, mental, or moral weakness in persons
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  • Ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde,

      Blickl. Homl. 29, 4.

  • Seó godcundnes onféng úre týdran gecynde,

      17, 27.

  • Wé tealtrigaþ týdran móde,

      Exon. Th. 23, 20; Cri. 371.

  • For úre eágena tyddernysse,

      Lchdm. iii. 232, 16.

  • Ðæt týdre gewitt,

      Exon. Th. 2, 34; Cri. 29.

  • Ða týdran mód,

      147, 19; Gú. 729.

  • Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon, týdre treówlogan,

      Beo. Th. 5686; B. 2847.

  • Hwæt sind ða ðe ús biddaþ? Earme men, and tiddre, and deádlíce,

      Homl. Th. i. 256, 2.

  • Tyddre,

      Boutr. Scrd. 22, 37.

  • Nánre wuhte líchoma ne beoþ téderra ðonne ðæs monnes,

      Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 9.

  • Ða hwítan líchoman beóþ mearuwran and tédran ðonne ða blacan and ða reádan, Lchdm. ii. 84, 21. II a. weak, having bad health, infirm :-- Gif wíf on ðon tédre sié

    if a woman have that infirmity,

      Lchdm. ii. 8, 25.

  • Is ðæm lǽce tó giémanne ðæt hé swá líðne lǽcedóm selle ðæm seócan swá se týdra líchoma (

    corpus debile

    ) mǽge ástandan,
      Past. 61; Swt: 455, 30.

  • Gewǽht, tidder

    fessa, fatigata,

      Hpt. Gl. 436, 59.
of immaterial things,
frail, not lasting, fleeting
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  • Hú lytel hé (fame) biþ, hú lǽne, hú tédre and hú bedǽled ǽlces gódes

    quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis,

      Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 29.

  • Se wlite ðæs líchoman is swíþe fliónde and swíþe tédre and swíþe anlíc eorþan blóstmum

    formae nitor ut rapidus est, ut velox, et vernalium florum mutabilitate fugacior,

      32, 2; Fox 116, 17.

  • Ðis líf is lǽnlíc and tyddre and feallende and earm,

      L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 400, 16.

  • Ðissere worulde wuldor gewítendlíc ys tyddre tídlíc miht

    hujus saeculi gloria caduca est, fragilis temporalis potentia,

      Scint. 215, 8.

  • Týdrum

    lubrico,

      Germ. 401, 45.

  • Sint swíþe tédre and swíþe hreósende ðás gesǽlþa

    caduca felicitas,

      Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 22.

  • Tiédre (tédra,

      Cott. MS.), 20; Fox 72, 3.

  • Tyddre weorþmyntas fragiles honores, tyddrum gefeohte fragili bello vel

    inbecilla,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 38-40.
Etymology
[O. Frs. teddre: Du. teeder.]
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v. un-tídre.
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v.  tédre tíder-líc tiédre tyddre týdre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tídre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30425.

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