tyde

English

Noun

tyde (plural tydes)

1. Obsolete form of tide.

Anagrams

• dyet, tyed

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną (“to interpret”), cognate with Swedish tyda, German deuten, Low German düden, Dutch duiden. Possibly the same verb as *þiudijaną (“make friend with”), continued by Danish ty (“to resort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢyːðə]

Verb

tyde (imperative tyd, infinitive at tyde, present tense tyder, past tense tydede, perfect tense har tydet)

1. interpret
2. decipher, read

Conjugation

Conjugation of tyde

active passive present tyder tydes past tydede tydedes infinitive tyde tydes imperative tyd — participle present tydende past tydet (auxiliary verb have) gerund tyden

Synonyms

• (decipher): afkode, dechifrere

Derived terms

• antyde
• hentyde
• mistyde
• tydelig
• tydning
• udtyde

References

• “tyde” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis

Proto-Germanic *tīdiz

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi

Old English tīd

Middle English tyde

Inherited from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.

Alternative forms

• tid, tide, tyd

Noun

tyde

2. A time (period), season.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Squyers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     ageyn this lusty someres tyde

     [to protect] against this amorous summertime

Related terms

• bityden
• eventyde
• tyden
• tydy

Descendants

• English: tide
• Scots: tide
• ⇒ Yola: enteete
• → Scottish Gaelic: tìde

References

• “tīd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

tyde

1. alternative form of tydy

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þýða.

Verb

tyde (imperative tyd, present tense tyder, passive tydes, simple past tyda or tydet or tydde, past participle tyda or tydet or tydd, present participle tydende)

1. to decipher, interpret, make out
2. (tyde på) to imply, indicate, suggest

References

• “tyde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tyde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tyde (present tense tyder, past tense tydde, past participle tydt/tydd, passive infinitive tydast, present participle tydande, imperative tyd)

1. alternative form of tyda