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tídan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tídan, p. de
To betide, befall, happen
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  • Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt symle mid heom wunian wel geþungene witan, . . . ðæt heora gewitan beón on ǽghwylcne tíman, weald hwæt heom tíde,

      L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 25.
  • Gif ðan biscop[e] hwaet tíde,

      Cod. Dip. B. iii. 75, 6, 10, 13.
Etymology
[Þa tidde hit on an Wodnesdei, þet se king rad in his derfald, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30. Ne tyt þe no part wiþ me, Marg. 308. What shulde us tyden ? Chauc. M. of L. 337. Som tymes hym tit (bitit, B-text) to folwen hus kynde, Piers P. 14, 213, C-text. A merueillouse meteles me tydde to dreme, 11, 5, B-text. Tydyn̄ idem quod happyn̄, Prompt. Parv. 493.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, mis-tídan; tídung.
Linked entries
v.  tídung.
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