Middle English Dictionary Entry
kidden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | kidden v. Also kide. |
| Etymology | From kide n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To bear or give birth to (a young roe deer).
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)24 : Þe Emel [roe deer] parteth from þe male and goþ to kyde hir kyddes fer þennes..Þe emel haþ ii kiddes at onys..þat oon male and that oþere female and..þei by kydded togidere..men shuld leue hem þe Emels for here kydes þat shuld be lost vnto þe tyme þat þei haue kyded.