Middle English

Noun

guid (plural guids)

1. a flower

References

• guid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 Cited from Chaucer.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuðʲ/

Verb

·guid

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of guidid

Mutation

Scots

Alternative forms

• gude

Etymology

From Middle English gude, goude, goode, from Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‎(“to join, to unite”).

Pronunciation

• (Southern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡød], [ɡyd]
• (Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡjød]
• (Central Scots, Ulster Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡɪd]
• (Ulster Scots, South Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡed]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡwid]
• (Ulster Scots, North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ɡid]

Adjective

guid ‎(comparative better, superlative best)

1. good
2. of good social standing, respectable

Derived terms

Adverb

guid ‎(comparative mair guid, superlative maist guid)

1. good, very, pretty

Noun

guid ‎(plural guids)

1. good

Derived terms

• guids an gear ‎(“possessions, property”)