Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīdeful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīdeful adj. |
| Etymology | From tīd(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of time or an occasion: appropriate, fitting; (b) of fruit: ripening early.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)31.7 : For þat, sal bid to þe with blisse Al halegh in tideful [vr. tidful] time þat isse.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)144.16 : The eghyn of all in the hopis lord, and thou gifis the mete of thaim in tydefull tyme.
b
- ?a1425 WBible(2) (Cld E.2)Jas.5.7 : Tideful [Roy: Lo! an erthetilier abidith preciouse fruyt of the erthe, paciently suffrynge, til he resseyue tymeful and lateful fruyt].