Middle English Dictionary Entry
aiden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | aiden v. Also eiden. |
| Etymology | OF aider. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To assist or help (sb.); sa ma aydeus! so help me God! [adapted from OF phrase].
Associated quotations
- (1450) RParl.5.212a : Every of theym..comforted, eided, assisted and strenghted other to the seid murdre.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)729 : Sa ma aydeus..þou tellis me treuthe.