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of metrical composition,
a poem, song
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  • Gyd

    carmen

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 18.

  • Leóð wæs ásungen, gleómannes gyd,

      B. 1160.

  • Sé þe lufige þysses giddes (

    the poem on the Apostles'

    ) begang,
      Ap. 89.

  • Bidde ic monna gehwone þe þis gied (

    the poem on St. Juliana,

    ) rǽde.
      Jul. 719.

  • Hé gyd wreceð, sárigne sang,

      B. 2446.

  • Gleómen simle gemétað gydda gleáwne (

    a connoisseur of songs, one who can appreciate the poet's verses'

    ),
      Víd. 139.

  • Ongan hé singan and þus cwæþ: ' Ic wille mid gid-dum (

    in verse

    ) gecýþan . . . , '
      Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 2.

  • Ides geómrode giddum

    the lady chanted a dirge

    ,
      B. 1118.
of formal speech
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  • Gedd

    eologium

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 9.

  • Gyd

    elogium, verbum

    ,
      143, 18.

  • Geddi

    elogio

    ,
      107, 9.

  • Gidde,

      29, 20.
  • Spǽce, gydde. An. Ox. 23, 15.

  • Gydde, grétinge, 3182. Elogio, i.

    dicto

    ł gydde,
      5, 27.

  • Unhlísfullum bíwyrda gydde

    infami proverbiorum elogio

    , 5233.

  • Gidde,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 41: 19, 17.

  • Wes þú giedda wís, . . . worda hyrde

    be wise of speech, keep watch on your words

    ,
      Fä. 41.
a maxim, sentence, proverb, wise speech
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  • Gydda

    proverbiorum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 42.

  • Gleáwe men sceolon gieddum wrixlan,

      Gn. Ex. 4.
of didactic speech
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  • Þú þé lǽr be þon, gumcyste ongit. Ic þis gid be þé áwræc

    I have told this tale for your instruction

    ,
      B. 1723.
of eloquent, oratorical speech
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  • Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágiefe æfter giedde,

      Rä. 78, 10.
  • For eorlum án reordode gidda gearosnotor (cf. giddum gearusnotter, 586.

  • Wordcræftes wís, 592) . . . wordes cræftig,

      El. 418.

  • Sum bið wóðbora, giedda giffæst,

      Crä. 36.
of figurative speech
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  • Bi þon giedd áwræc Iób, . . . Hǽlend lofede . . . and hine fugel nemde,

      Cri. 633.
of prophecy
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  • Gydde

    uaticinium

    ,
      An. Ox. 3708.
Etymology
[Heo biheold æuere ænne burinæsse, and hire ȝeddes (wordes, 2nd MS.) sæide ȝeomere stefne, Laym. 25853.]
Similar entries
v. cwide-gid, fore-gid, fyrn-gid, geómor-gid, sóþ-gid, word-gid.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gid.” 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/50685.

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