Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīthen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tīthen v.(1) Also tithe & (early) tiþian, tiðigen, tiðæ, teiþe(n, tuðe, tuet; sg.2 (early) tiðæst; sg.3 (early) tiðæþ; p. (early) tiðode, tidde, teiþede; ppl. tid & (early) tiðed, tiðe, tiðæ, iteiþed. |
| Etymology | OE tīþian, tigþian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. itithien v.
1.
(a) To grant (sth., a request), grant (sb. sth.);—sometimes with gen. as obj.; also without obj.; also, reward (sb. with sth.) [quot. c1175(OE), 2nd]; bene tiðe [OE bēn-tīðe], successful in prayer; (b) with dat.: to give way to (someone's advice, instruc tion, an urge, etc.), yield to.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Betwix þas worde þa geornde seo abbote þet he scolde him tyþian þet he æt him geornde, & seo kining hit him tydde.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Þa seonde seo kyning to Rome to seo papa Uitalianus..& geornde þet he scolde tyðian mid his writ & mid his bletsinge eal þis forsprecene þing.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Syððan þa com he to se cyng Eadgar, bed him þet he scolde him giuen ealle þa minstre þa hæðene men hæfden ær tobrocon, forði þet he hit wolde geeadnewion, & se kyng hit bliþelice tyðode.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)52/8 : He hire myceles þinges tyðigen wylle.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)14/15 : Bide þe nu hæle on þæs Hælendes nome modes & lichame..and þe Fæder þe tyðæþ untwylice þæs, ȝyf þu andsæte ne bist.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)16/2 : Ȝyf him na ne tweonæð þæt he þæs tyðe beo..swa hwæt swa he cwæð hit bicymeð & iwurð.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)34/11-13 : Ðu wylt underfon god, tyðæ ðu oðre men, na for ðissum life ane, ac for þam ece life, ðær ðe bið forȝolden be hundfealde iwiss swa mycel swa ðu bi anfealde her monnum tyðæst for þæs Hælendes lufæn.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)28/14 : Hwæt swa ðu to gode ȝyrnende bist þu bist tyðæ.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)27 : We mugen mid one worde þese þrie þing bidden and ben bene tiðe.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)135 : God haueð herd þine bede and tiðed te bene, and elizabet þi spuse shal hauen a cnauechild.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/17 : Alle ðo þing ðe æure ðe wel beliefde mann wile habben ȝedon, hie bieð him iteiþed of godes auȝene muðe ðurh ðessere hali mihte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/10 : Ðarhwile ðe ðu art mid þine wiðerwine on ða weiȝe, bie him teiþinde ðat ðe he wile hauen idon.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/21 : Anna..was sone iherd, and hire biene ðu hire teiðedest, þat hie chilt moste habben, and brohte forð ðine profiete Samuel.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)141/15 : Hwat so we beseceð at gode he us wile sone teiþin.
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)207 : Leafdi, þurh þin erndinge tuðe me mine bone to þine eadi sune.
- a1275 Seinte marie leuedi (Trin-C B.14.39)58 : Leuedi, tuet þov me mi bene.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2474 : O þing icholde bidde þe ȝif þou me woldest tiþe: Send after help.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10966 : Drightin has þe tid [Göt: tidd] þi bon.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/16 : Wite ðu te soðe, bute ðu him [Holy Writ] bie hier teiðinde hwat swa hit ðe ratt to donne.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)89/25 : Ðo ilche ðohtes ðe cumeð of ðe dieule, æure hie bieð bitere, bute ȝif ðu teiðest his swikele meneȝinge.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)119/18 : Aȝeanes ðat Adames hierte was i-attred ðurh dieules meneȝinge, swa ðat him baðe hit wel likede and ec teiþede.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)135/24 : Ðanne ðe cumð a michel lust after ane þinge, ne teiþe þu him naht anoan.