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 dúden, 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

Inflection of tyde

	present	past
simple	tyder	tydede
perfect	har tydet	havde tydet
passive	tydes	tydedes
participle	tydende	tydet
imperative	tyd	—
infinitive	tyde	—
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

From Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis.

Alternative forms

• tid, tide, tyd

Noun

tyde

2. A time (period), season.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, 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:

     This lusty summer’s tide

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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