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English
Noun
tyde (plural tydes)
- Obsolete form of tide.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną (“to interpret”), cognate with Swedish tyda, German deuten, Dutch duiden. Possibly the same verb as *þiudijaną (“make friend with”), continued by Danish ty (“to resort”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tyde (imperative tyd, infinitive at tyde, present tense tyder, past tense tydede, perfect tense har tydet)
- interpret
- decipher, read
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis.
Noun
tyde
- A time (period), season.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Descendants
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Etymology 2
Adjective
tyde
- Alternative form of tydy
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þýða.
Verb
tyde (imperative tyd, present tense tyder, passive tydes, simple past tyda or tydet or tydde, past participle tyda or tydet or tydd, present participle tydende)
- to decipher, interpret, make out
- (tyde på) to imply, indicate, suggest
References
- “tyde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “tyde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
tyde (present tense tyder, past tense tydde, past participle tydt/tydd, passive infinitive tydast, present participle tydande, imperative tyd)
- Alternative form of tyda