Middle English Dictionary Entry
gidī adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gidī adj. & n. Also guidi & gudi, gudiȝe & gedi. |
| Etymology | OE gidig, from *gydig. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Insane, crazy; possessed by a devil; (b) foolish, stupid, senseless; (c) of an animal: mad, possessed; ?senseless, ?rabid; (d) as noun: a fool.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)50 : Ȝif þat þis sothþ were, Al þis world were fals and guydi.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)255/16 : Ore louerd him ȝaf so fair grace, þat with one worde he miȝte helen Meoseles and guidie [Corp-C: gidie] Men.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)369/83 : A guydi [Corp-C: gidi] man þare cam al-so, þat þe deuel hadde i-beo longue In him and bi-nomen him is wit.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)374/265 : For wreche of þat holie man huy bi-comen guydie æchon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1542 : He bicom sone þer after pur gidy [vr. gudy] & wod.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1580 : Þe gidie [vrr. gudiȝe, gedy] wrecche let sette þe toun of rome a fure To abbe game of þat liȝt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3356 : Hii verde..as gydie men mid wan no red nas.
- a1350(a1325) SLeg.Cec.(Ashm 43)209-10 : 'Þou seist þat ich gidi am,' Seyn Cecili sede. 'Ac þou art gidi & eke blynde.'
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)329/210 : Huy nusten ȝweþur to beon stille oþur speke, bote ase gydie men huy stode.
- a1325 SLeg.Magd.(1) (Corp-C 145)74 : Non ne couþe hure ȝiue answere, ac as gidi echmon stod.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)103/1 : Þe flesche prikeþ and hunteþ þere after wiþ woweynge, wiþ lokynge, wiþ tollynge, wiþ gydy lauȝtter.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)224/105 : Þoff ȝe gange þus gedy, Hym gilteles to graue, With-outen grounde, ȝow gaynes noght.
- c1450 Dice(1) (Frf 16)91 : Youre brayn ys comen of gedy kynde.
c
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)453/148 : A kov al-so þat was gidi a-boute orn in þe londe, Þat fale men slov..þe deuel wende awei anon.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)179/9 : 'Þou gidi [Hrl: wode] hound,' quaþ sein Quiriak [to the emperor], 'wel aȝtestou do by me.'
- a1350 SLeg.Cec.(LdMisc 108)112 : Gydiere [Ashm: woder] he were þan any beste, þat nolde don þi red.
d
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)41/3 : Hit is ȝewritan: Se gidie [L stultus] on his hleæhtre his stefene onhefð.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)291 : Hit is a wise monne dome..Þat me ne chide wit þe gidie.
2.
(a) Dizzy; (b) uncertain, unstable.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)236b/a : Men with hoot complexioun, if he eteþ þer of many & ofte..he bredeþ hed ache and makeþ hem torne gedy [L capiti vertiginem inferunt et dolorem].
b
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)426/212 : In þis warld falleþ mani cas, Gidi [LinI: lite] blis and schort solas..þes maidens wiþ rudi fas Passeþ sone so flour in gras.
3.
In surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.211].
Associated quotations
- (1186) in Pipe R.Soc.36165 : Robertus Gidie.
- (1196) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.7117 : Edmundus Gedihorn.
- (1218) Pat.R.Hen.III166 : Simon le Gidie.
- (1224) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)114 : Gediacre.
- (1248) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)118 : Gydiebernes.
- (1258) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)117 : La Gidiehall'. La Gediehalle.
- (1276) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)114 : La Gidielond.
- (1332) Sub.R.War.in Dugd.Soc.614 : William Gydycounte.
- (1347) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.235 : William Gidyheued.
- (1375) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)118 : Gediberne.
- (1466) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)117 : Gydihall.