Middle English Dictionary Entry
gīden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | gīden v. Also gid(e, gede & guide(n. |
| Etymology | OF guider (earlier guiier). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To guide or lead (sb.), bring (sb. to a place or person); direct (someone's voyage); ~ the wei, show (sb.) the way; --also intr., also fig.; (b) of Fortune: to guide the turnings of (her wheel).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1490 : Forth this marchant rydeth To Flaundres ward; his prentys wel hym gydeth.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1670 : Lady..Thow goost biforn..To gyden [vrr. getyn, gadir, leden] vs vn to thy sone so deere.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.776 : This erl..on his wey is gon Toward Saluce..this mayden for to gyde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.569 : 'What cas,' quod Troilus, 'or what aventure Hath gided [vr. gydit] the to sen me langwisshinge?'
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1104 : Myn uncle..dere, What manere wyndes gydeth yow now here?
- c1425 PPl.A(1) (Antq 687)2.149 : Gydys [vr. gydyd; Trin-C: Gile was forgoere and gyede hem alle].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3005 : Thane gudly sir Gawayne gydes his knyghttez, Gas in at þe gayneste, as gydes hym telles.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1250 : Whil that grace Of god the guydyth, thou mayst not mys.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5387 : Now aires furth oure conquirour, & candoile him gidis.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)4644 : So in-to this forest y come ryding, Befor me my lemman guyding [Auch: ledeinde].
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)116 : And to this place he gidyd yow the weþe [read: weye].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)323 : Merlin hym guyded as he that wele knewe alle the passages.
- a1500 Play Sacr.(Dub 652)64 : As swyftly as I can I shall hym to yow guyde.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.15 : So standis thou here..And wantis that suld gyde all thy viage.
b
- c1490 Chaucer CT.Mk.(Hnt HM 144)B.3587 : Gyde [Heng: Thus kan ffortune hire wheel gouerne and gye].
2.
(a) To guide (sb.) in conduct, direct, counsel; inspire (a poet); (b) refl. to conduct oneself, behave; ~ in frensh, handle oneself in French, speak and understand French.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.630 : A fool may ek a wisman ofte gide.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1811 : Yee sustren nyne, that by Elicone In hil Pernaso listen for tabide..ye thus fer han deyned me to gyde.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)22/14 : Wyte sho wel, sho hauis, vnder-tan þe saules at gede, And noht at striue o-gain þaim.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)39/21 : Lauerd..giue þat we may wel gyde þe offerande þat owre frendis made of vs.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4425 : Þus..ere ȝe..to þe way of wickidnes be warlaȝes gidid.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)150 : His Councel gided him that he schuld have the principal townis.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)155 : To Gyde: indicare.
- a1500 Dayly in Englond (BodPoet e.1)p.273 : The femynyng wyl presume men for to gyd.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)71 : Edmund duke of Somerset, be whom at that tyme the kyng was principally gided and gouerned.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1884 : Ther is noman so wys that knoweth..how he scholde himselven guide To take sauf passage there.
- (1449) Proc.Privy C.6.81 : He trusteth verily þat she..so gide hir þat þe King shal have no cause to any othr maner of proceding.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)2908 : Guyde you Justlie aftir your law!
- a1475(c1441) Lament Duch.Glo.(Cmb Hh.4.12)31 : I had no grace my-self to gwyde.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)137/2974 : That in ffrenche couth hym selfe guyde [Auch: þat renabliche kouþe frensch speke].
3.
(a) To rule (a people, a nation), govern; (b) to lead or command (armed men); (c) to control (one's body), direct (an activity); let (hatred) prevail.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2915 : The poeple forto guide and lede, Which is the charge of his kinghede.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)197 : Þe riche kyng..had þer rewme gydid.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)4968 : Ordand ouer vs a kyng to gyd vs when þou art gone.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Cl.(Hrl 7335)E.75 : Guyde [Heng: He was..Discret ynogh his contree for to gye].
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3791 : Thane sir Gawayne grette..For grefe of his gud men, that he gyde schulde.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)26/20 : Ponthus..gyded theym that wer in the firste batell.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)327 : What wey that euer thei yede, euer hem gyded the baner of the dragon.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)404 : Sore were thei..whan thei saugh not hem that sholde hem gouerne and gyde.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1677 : O blisful queene..Gydeth my song that I shal of yow seye!
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.128 : The regnes ben divided; In stede of love is hate guided.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4263 : He set an essamplaire, His bodi so to guide and reule That he ne passe noght the reule.
4.
To protect (sb.), guard, keep, preserve; ~ from, preserve (sb.) from (sth.); god the gide, God keep you, etc.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.245 : Faire Custaunce, al mighty god thee gyde!
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1449 : God and seint Austyn spede yow and gyde!
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1643 : God that made after his ymage Mankynde, saue and gyde vs alle and some!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.77 : Now Janus, god of entree, thow hym gyde!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.322 : God Mercurye! of me now..The soule gyde!
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)8/24 : Gode gyde hym!
- a1500 Our shyp (Dub 516)7 : Our souerayne lord, kynge henry, God gyde hym from aduersyte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)232/9 : Straungers which be allied with owr realme..abide and harke hough the werkis shal be guydede.
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