† tidifetidiven.
Obsolete. rare.
Name of some small bird. (Swainson, after Skinner, suggests the Blue titmouse.)
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c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 154 And thoo [birds] that hadde doon vnkyndenesse As dooth the tydif [v.rr. tydyf, tydife] for new fangelness Besoghte mercy..And sworen on the blosmes to be trewe.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 640 Alle thise false fowles As beth thise tidyues [v.rr. tydyues, tydifs, tideues] tercelettes and Owles.
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Vocum Omnium Antiquarum Anglicarum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Tidefes..avis genus, nescio an illa avis quam nos Titmouse vocamus.
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