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† quide Obs.
Forms: 1 cwyde, 1–2 cwide, 3 quede, queðe, 3–4 quide, 4 qwede.
[OE. cwide (cwyde) = OS. quidi, OHG. quidi, chwiti, etc., ON. kviðr verdict:—OTeut. *kwiđi-z, f. the root *kweþ- to say, quethe.]
1. A saying, speech, statement.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. iii. §4 Is þis nu se cwide þe þu me ᵹeo sædest? c1080O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 1070 Se ar'b..mid strangan cwydan þæt ylce ᵹefæstnode. c1205Lay. 9141 Hit wes ȝare iqueðen, Þa quides beoð nu soðe. a1250Owl & Night. 685 Alvered seide of olde quide [etc.].
b. A promise. rare—1.
c1250Gen. & Exod. 1463 He bad god..ðat he sulde fillen ðat quede, ðe he abraham quilum dede.
2. A will, legacy, bequest.
950in Thorpe Diplom. 500/1 Ðis is Byrhtrices & ælfswyðe his wifes nihsta cwide. Þe hi cwædon..on heora maᵹa ᵹewitnesse. a1050Liber Scintill. xliv. (1889) 146 On cwyde þinum læf þearfum. c1205Lay. 14857 Ich forȝiue ælchere widewe hire lauerdes quide. 13..K. Alis. 8020 To have theo kyngis qwede, Muche bataile was heom myde. |