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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hide, Hyde, v. Also: hid, hyd, hyid, hwid. P.t. hid, hyd(e. P.p. hid(e), hidde, hyd(e), hyide, heid, huyd, hwyd; hydden, hudin. [ME. hide, hyd, p.t. hidde, p.p. hid (e.m.E. hidden), OE. hýdan, hídan, p.p. hýded, hídd.]

1. tr. To put or keep out of sight, to hide.(a) c1420 Wynt. i. 104.
Thair nakyde membrys for tyll hyde Ib. 1350.
Thare hyrdys hydys holme and hille 1513 Doug. iv. vi. 146.
The dyrk nycht … hydis of the erth the sycht 1521 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 204.
Tane with certane infectit geir … , hydand the samyn vnder treis c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 144.
I thame excuse to hyde thare facis 1632 Banff Ann. I. 68.
Ye sall hyid nor conceall no wnfrie trafecteris geir(b) a1400 Leg. S. i. 369.
Symon … that rame throw gylry hyde c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxii. 27.
For scorne thai … hid his … glorious eyne 1513 Doug. ii. vi. 116.
The dyrk nycht hyd ws with cloys schaddowis(c) c1420 Wynt. v. 5428.
He fand a hwrde of fyne gold hyde c1515 Asl. MS. I. 257/12.
Duffus … was slane … and his body was hid Ib. 280/26.
Into the quhilk tempill Parys … was hyd in buschement 1513 Doug. ii. v. 18.
Grekis, hyd the horssis cost within, Patent was maid to sight Ib. viii. ii. 66.
The ryver … Hyd and ourheldit with mony treys 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 383.
Thatt all … pultrie … be sawld oppinly and … nocht hid or coverit under clois gowuis 1594 Soc. Ant. XI. 412.
A soume of mouie … heid and hurdit up secritlie(b) 1567 Crim. Trials I. 500.
The langer deirt is hydden, it is the stronger a1578 Pitsc. I. 350/16.
He hes the booke hudin in his sleif

b. To hyde one's heid: see also Hede n.¹ 2. 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 559.
[He] wyst not quhare to hyde his heid 1570 Sat. P. xv. 17.
Thow grene roismary, hyde thy heid

2. fig. To keep secret (a fact or matter); to conceal. 1375 Barb. iv. 120.
For men sayis oft that fyr na prid But discouering may na man hid a1400 Leg. S. iii. 275.
The renowne than mycht nocht be hyd c1460 Consail Wys Man 419.
Luf that is hid in thin intent c1460 Thewis Wysmen 234.
With fair talking but velany Hyd ill c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 273.
I hatit him like a hund, thought I it hid preue 1533 Gau 17/20.
Thay that hwidis the verite in jugiment Ib. 30/20.
God hes … hwyd the richt visdome fra thayme 1533 Boece ii. iii. 60 b.
His devise fra the king mycht nocht be hid 1554 Misc. Bann. C. III. 67.
That the werite be nocht hide 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 44.
The gilt vyces vnder cullour of vertew hid in the said monster

3. intr. and reflex. To hide oneself.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 502.
Ȝe … dare nocht byde, Bot fast forcis away to hyde c1460 Wisd. Sol. 711.
Thar suld na man hyd fra the face of God a1500 Henr. Fab. 1904.
The feynd … vuder plesance preuilie dois hyde(2) a1500 Henr. Fab. 278.
Hir sister had na hole to hyde hire in Ib. 1412.
All the laif … Thair dansing left and hid thaim heir and thair c1475 Wall. ii. 392.
I trow thow be sum spy [that] … fra presens wald thé hid 1513 Doug. ii. xi. 30.
A … starn … Quhilk … schynyng went awa And hyd it in the forest of Ida 1553 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 177.
Gif … ony maner of persone … absentis or hydis thameself 1570 Sat. P. xii. 24.
Argyle and Huntlie hid thame baith for aw 1596 Dalr. I. 320/4.
Donald … hydes him in the Iles