Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīder adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīder adj. Also (in place names) tuder-, tuter-; pl. (early dat.) tiddrum. |
| Etymology | OE tīdre, tydre, tiddre, LOE (in place name) tīder-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Emotionally fragile or tender; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.178].
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/13 : Hit þuhte eft æfter þam moniȝe tyddrum modum swiðe eȝeslic þenne heo his hearde þrowungæ seȝen.
b
- (1201) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tuderlege.
- (1212) in Coates PNHmp.165 : Westuterlie.
- (1218) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tuderleg.
- (1247) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tyderlegh.
- (1280) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tuderlee.
- (1291) in Coates PNHmp.165 : Estuderlegh.
- (1317) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tuderlegh.
- (1431) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)654 : Tyderley.