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thede

thede

English

Alternative forms

  • theid (Scotland)

Noun

thede ‎(plural thedes)

  1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A nation; people.
  2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A country; land; kingdom.
    • 1508, Golagros & Gawane sig. aiiiiv:
      All the wyis in welth he weildis in theid.
    • 2004, J. Douglas Bruce, Le Morte Arthur:
      For men told in many a thede That launcelot by the quene lay; [...]

Derived terms

  • thede-folk

Middle English

Noun

thede (plural thede or theden)

  1. Alternative form of theode

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English thede, thiode, from Old English þēod ‎(“nation, people”). See above.

Noun

thede ‎(plural thedes)

  1. A country; a people or community.
  2. A region or province.
  3. Species; kind.

Etymology

From Middle English thede, from Old English þēod ‎(“nation, people, tribe, race”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō ‎(“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ ‎(“people”). Cognate with Middle Dutch diet ‎(“people”), Middle High German diet ‎(“people, folk, nation”), Norwegian tjod ‎(“people, nation”), Icelandic þjóð ‎(“people, nation”), Gallic teuta (people), Old Irish túath ‎(“tribe, people, tribal territory”), Welsh tud ‎(“region, country, people”), Breton tud ‎(“people”), Cornish tus ‎(“people”), Baltic tauta (tribe, people), Oscan touto ("community"). Cf. Old High German thiuti in unkithiuti: barbarus (Codex Abrogans), and theodiscus (German) in Middle Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

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