Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīden v. Also tid(e, tit; sg.3 tideth, etc. & tid, tit(e; pl. tides, tit; p. tid(de, tide, tede; ppl. tid(de, tide, titte, tud. |
| Etymology | OE tīdan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bitiden v., itiden v.
1a.
(a) To happen, occur, come about; also, become (of sb.), happen (to sb.); ben tidde; (b) to befall (sb.); come to (sb., both body and soul, etc.); ben tidde; (c) to be the lot or fate of (sb.); also, await (sb.); (d) ~ what ~, ~ what (so) bitide, ~ the what bitide, etc., come what may; ~ so what, what so ~, whatever may happen.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)220/11 : Ne mis leue nan godd—hwet se tide of þe ancre—þet he hire trukie.
- a1350 Weping haueþ (Hrl 2253)38 : Þah told beon tales vntoun in toune, such tiding mei tide, y nul nout teme of brudes bryht wiþ browes broune.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2875 : What is þer tidde to þe?
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2496 : Forto telle what tidde of þat tide werwolf..he wan aȝen to William and to his worþ make.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.3755 : Thei wisten noght what scholde tyde, Bot waiten..To se what ende scholde falle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27412 : Þe sin þat said es to þe preist, He hald it consail euer in breist, For nakin case þat mai tide To be so bald mans scrift vnhide.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29218 : Þis ne tides noght til all For man it seis bot selden fall.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7863 : For a woman..Gan al þis strif, it was þe more pite, Þat so gret meschef..Of mortal slauȝter euer schulde tyde!
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)19978 : Þe gret cite on þe ta side Þat out wald com, if chance moȝ tide, On þe toþer half cheldrik so kene.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22332 : For þe case tidde so to his nes, Murnyng and sorow he hade in herte.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)3804 : Hadde we..his suster send Home to him..Off al the harme that we him dud Hadde now not this harme tud, That thei dede vs in Thitarie.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)8214 : Þenne seyde Merlyn many thynges What y þis lond schuld tide of kynges.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)920 : For tene sumtime tid, and sumtime mirthe.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14370 : Why suld we not als stably stand when tenys and turfurs tydes vs tyll?
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/54 : Youre better a-vyse haue in syth before what after may tide, yif we slewe hem it wolde cause the comownys to ryse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)265 : He ertid to an end egurly fast, Þat no tarying shuld tyde ouer a tyme set.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)29 : Witte wel hwat þu hauest, walte hwat þe tide, and cune sume meðe þenne þu almesse makest.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97/13 : Þe sawle & te licome nis bute a mon, & ba ham tit [Nero: i tit] a dom.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)20 : For her he haueþ seorewen ryue, ne tyt him neuer Ro ne Rest.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.11 : For þe mon þat longe abideþ, Mani hertetene him tideþ Er him come bote.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)20/22 : Heiost þou worst of al þi cun of lond & oþer þinges, Gold and seluer þe tit inou, broches & eke ringes.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)970 : Hii wolde..Wardi hom fram alle men, þat hom ne tidde no drede.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2837 : Þe tueye breþeren..vpe þi lond wole wende To awreke on þe hor fader deþ; þe ne tit [vr. ne tyd; B: ne tideþ; vr. tytte haue] no peys.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4918 : William and his worþi make..told þemperour treuli þat hem tidde hadde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4175 : This lange nyght ther tydes me na reste.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10322 : Þof þou na child haf hider-till It es noght tid þe for þin ill.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)3/72 : No thing list þam þan of play Sen þam es tide þis sary chance.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)160 : Swlk chance may tyd þe: to mary To som strang man alien borne.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1704 : J dar ffor Kyng Rychard swere For hym ne tydes ȝow neuere dere.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)862 : Or þis toun be tak..Michel torsom [vr. torfere] & tene vs tides on hande.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)255 : Eneas Tolde Dido every caas That hym was tyd upon the see.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)202 : Thogh so be that lovers be as trewe As any metal that is forged newe, In many a cas hem tydeth [vr. tydeþe] ofte sorowe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1193 : Ȝit for na torfar him tid [Dub: tyde] Tyre wald be noȝt leue.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)6081 : Thus tede hym þare a sely chaunce..He mettes wythe Egyon.
c
- c1300 SLeg.(Hrl 2277)490/214 : Al prest þe tit a pore man, habbe þu þat cloþ iboȝt.
- c1300 SLeg.Marg.(Hrl 2277)308 : Bote þu do þis dede, Ne tyt þe no part wiþ me.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)372 : What trouwest þou of þis mon, tides him hele?
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)502 : Tyde me lyff or tyde me deth, I shal mete hym ȝyff j may!
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4549 : Many turmentis & tene ȝow tidis in hell.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1237/5 : Now tyde me dethe, tyde me lyff..now I se hym yondir alone, he shall never ascape myne hondes!
d
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)54 : Tide wat bitide, ȝit wole þi swefne come.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1778 : To Engelonde Ichulle me drawe, tide ȝwat bi-tide.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8649 : He..nolde no leng abide Þat he nolde to is game, tide wat so bitide.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)741 : Tide wat tide, O fote forþer nel i ride.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)104/159 : Þyȝ þou lange abyde, Ne at-wyt hym nauȝt þy who, Ac tyde þe what by-tyde, Þou þenke [read: þonke] hym euere mo.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)607 : Now wol I telle þe my tene wat so tide after.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3017 : Wat-so tide wold after, þei wold manli bi here miȝt meyntene hire wille.
- 1457 Libeaus (Naples 13.B.29)289/297 : Tide so whate [Lamb: Ayenes him will J ride To se how he will sytte].
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)39/663 : Tyde what wyll be-tyde, The tone of vs shall dede abyde.
- a1500 To the holy (Ashm 1378)13 : Now I go my way—tyde what may betyd!
1b.
Impers. (a) hit) tideth, it happens; it happens (in such a way, that sth. comes about, etc.); (b) hire (mani, men, the) tideth, it happens to her (many, men, you) [quots. ?a1300 could also be construed as sense 4.(a)]; (c) him (me, the) tideth, it falls to him (me, you) (to do sth.); (d) wel him (the) ~, good luck to him (you); also, as noun in comb.: tide-wel, good fortune.
Associated quotations
a
- 1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Þa tidde hit on an Wodnes dei..þet se king rad in his derfald.
- a1350 Prov.Hend.(Hrl 2253)157 : For ȝef hit tyde so þat he falle, Men shal of is owen galle Shenchen him at nede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)198 : Hit tidde after on a time..þe riche emperour of Rome rod out for to hunte.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)787 : Þan tid on a time, as þis tale minges, þat William went til þis gardin his wo fort slake.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)392 : Do tel me..Of þis tholomer and me, hou schal hit tyden?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4189 : Þai him lede mai into fer land, To be þair thral..If it sua tide þat he dei þar, þar-for forsoth bot littell care.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)879 : I walde..take trewe for a tym till it may tyde bettyre.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)25 : Hit tydde on a tyme þat Tytus of Rome..hadde a malady vnmeke.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)478 : Þen tyd it anes on a tym..Þis dere kyng..on his dese syttis.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)54/81 : May tyde he will oure giftis take, And right so shall his wrath slake.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2201 : He purpast hym..ffor to tyse hym þerto, if it tyde might.
b
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)499 : Ðanne ge sal hire kindles beren, In water ge sal stonden..ðat wanne hire harde tide, ðat ge ne falle niðer nogt.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)21 : Þo laste his lif so longe Þat he bigon to ounstronge, As fele men tideþ [vr. as mony tides] swo.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)132 : Þis world wrechede iis, Þat ich wot wel I-wiis, And moni men tideþ swo.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)144/223 : Þei þou haddest wille out to go, þe netit miȝte non, Ac a Ssere Þoresday is eue, hider þou sselt gon.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1978 : Ȝis trulich, the tite..wher þowe wolt or no.
c
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)888 : Ȝif ich ne wasshe nouȝt þe Ne þi ffet, þe ne tyd no part in heuene habbe wiþ me.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)796/213 : Þi lyf þe tydeþ luse & seþþe at þan ende..to helle pyne wende.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)11.5 : Me tydde to dreme [Ld: A merueillouse meteles mette me þanne].
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)147 : Thow þat lamek were so blynde, ȝyt hym tyd to do þat dede To sle caym.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)681 : Whan Philip in his foule will hathe þee forlete..Him tides to take þee aȝain.
d
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)13/204 : Kyng, wel mote þe tide.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)1054 : Now þe Admyral—wol him tyde—Florys setteþ next his syde.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)205 : To be at oone with trouthe..wol sauere your mouthe swetely..Whenne fortune you fleeth..And yf ye sauere on his sawe..þe whele wol tourne..into tidewel, terme of your lifes.
2.
?To come (of sb.), be born.
Associated quotations
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.52 : Emme þe quene..of þe whilk was born Alfred & Edward, Hardknoute þe þrid, þe tuo first of Eilred, of Knoute Hardknoute tid.
3.
Impers. him tideth, he is obliged (to do sth.), it is necessary for him (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4977 : Al his lond him tit for-go.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.213 : Man was mad of suche matere he may nat wel a-sterte That som tymes hym tit [vr. tid] to folwen hus kynde.
4.
(a) To fare, get along; ben tidde; (b) to experience (an event, a misfortune).
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3654 : Thane the marynerse mellys and maysters of chippis..Of theire termys they talke, how þay ware tydd.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1202 (2nd occurrence) : The Troiens were tyde, & tid þere þe bettur.
b
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)93/1844 : Þou tytyst [Auch: Go or þe tit an euel diner].
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)5495 : Haf ben tid [Lamb: ffor swylke chaunces þat han bytid Ar names of tounes cald & kyd].
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)561 : Haue ye broken eny bone or eny harm tid?