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Tid(e, Tyd(e, n. Also: tyid, teid. [ME and e.m.E. tide (a1200), tid (Orm), tyde (Rolle), tyd (a1529), OE tíd.]

1. A particular moment, an occasion.Chiefly in prep. phrases with on, in(to), at = at a particular, etc. time, on an occasion; also freq. with omission of the preposition, e.g. na tyde = at no time, that tyde = on that occasion, at that time. 1375 Barb. i 407.
Quhill on a tid The king Eduuard … Come to Strevillyne 1375 Barb. iii 106.
Thai … saw him torne sa mony tid 1375 Barb. xvi 252 (C).
He suld na tyde Pres … fer of sicht 1375 Barb. xix 640.
It war gret foly at this tid Till ws with swilk ane ost to fycht ?1438 Alex. i 598.
Say the gude king he spedely ride To succour vs in to this tyde c1420 Wynt. viii 3966.
Quha will noucht ken hymselff for pryd, That he may schamyd be sum tyde 1460 Hay Alex. 2749.
The king tuk sic ane cald into that tyde … That euirie man traistit that he suld de a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 560.
Athir berne fra his blonk borne wes that tide c1475 Wall. iii 138.
Thai thoucht our thaim to ryde; Bot othyr wys it hapnyt in that tide c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 205/46.
To no man do wrang at ony tyd 1513 Doug. i vi 107.
Als mekill grond thai bocht at the first tyde As thai mycht compas with a bullis hyde 1535 Stewart 25723.
Syne with ane speir he dang him of his hors … Occa … quhilk fled into the tyde 1535 Stewart 61224.
Syne in the samin tyde In four partis his body did devyde 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4297.
My counsall is temp him ane vther tyde 1567 G. Ball. 42.
Dreid God, lufe man, refraine lust at all tyde a1570-86 Maitl. F. 447/4.
We do the cair of tyme delay We tyne the tyde and do lament to laitt 1631 Sel. Biog. I 364.
Alas, I feare I have tint the tyde, bot yet I wold mint to it again

2. A point in the duration of time; a period of time or history. 1375 Barb. ii 25.
Sa fell it in the samyn tid That at Dumfres [etc.] ?1438 Alex. ii 518.
He rouit our in that self tyde Till [etc.] c1400 Troy-bk. i 25.
Troye was notht in-to that tyd Be ferre sa mekile ne sa wyd As eftre the fyrst distructioune, Quhen Pryame biggyt agane the toune c1420 Wynt. i 1614 (W).
Gold and siluer he gert hyde, That ȝit lyis hurdit to this tyde c1475 Wall. ii 286.
So befel in to that sammyn tid [etc.] a1500 Prestis of Peblis 1125.
Thairfoir this tail is trew into al tyde, Quhair ane fairis weil the langer sould he byde 1513 Doug. vi iii 107.
Troianys this ilk tyde Mysenus deth bewalit 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Tyme tide or houre is takyne of the ablatiue cais 1570 Sat. P. x 95.
Than was he stylit Lord James at that tyde

b. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.See also Harvest n., Lambmes-tyd n., Mene adj.² 3, Morning n. 4 b, Somer n. 4 b, Winter n., Ȝule n. for further examples. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1776.
June, that iolie tyde a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 356.
Allace, this day; allace, this wofull tyde c1500 Makc. MS xiii 3.
Hoc crepusculum, a ewyn tyd 1513 Doug. v xiv 22 (Ruddim.).
Quhen that the swyft God of slepe gan slyde Furth of the sternyt heuyn by nychtis tyde 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 72.
To hyde Fra feirfull thuddis of the tempestuus tyde 1650 Brechin Presb. 48.
Shee said … shee was going about the watter syd on an evening tyd and mett with [etc.]

c. A time of day. a1500 Henr. Robene & M. 41.
Makyne, to morne this ilk a tyde, And ȝe will meit me heir a1605 Montg. Flyt. 457 (H).
Being after midnycht, ther office was ended: Al that tyde was no tyme for trumpers to tarrie 1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I 335.
That salmond fischengis hes bene … occupyit on the Sabboth day alsweill as ony uther weik day or tyd

3. A stretch of time. 1375 Barb. iii 163.
Ȝone knycht … Has fellyt in-till litill tyd Thre men a1400 Leg. S. xvi 807.
For al that tyd na delyt Had scho in met, na apetyte 15.. Sym & Bruder 51.
Hir wedoheid fra the begynning Wes neir ane moneth tyd c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 87b/10.
Be nocht to proud of wardlie guidis heir … thai will remane na tyde 1586–7 Rait & Cameron King James's Secret 143.
To detene the bearer a tyde

b. The duration of a person's life. ?1438 Alex. i 1941.
He sawe neuer in all his tyde … men of sa mekill pryde a1450 Fifteen Ois 258.
And in thank ȝeilding I may byd Ithandly to my end tyde; Sa that I may … Bruke the blis

c. In phrases in collocation with time: During a (no) period of time, continually, always (never). Also, unto this tyme and tyde, continually to this present time.(1) a1500 Rauf C. 48.
I leid my life … with mekle vnrufe, Baith tyde and tyme in all my trauale a1500 Bk. Chess 2005.
Currouris … suld be besye of laubour That thai nocht tarye tyd tyme na hour c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 188 (M) (see 5 d below). 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1252.
To this gude wemen will not nay, na tyme nor tyde 1567 Sat. P. vi 83.
King Saull … Salamon [etc.] … Remember thir examp[i]lls, tyme and tyde a1568 Scott in Bann. MS 17a/63.
Lowse thow my lippis that tyme and tyd I may gif to thé lovingis 1596 Dalr. I 144/5.
Vseng at al tyde and tyme the counsel of … wicket men(2) 1570 Sat. P. x 287.
The duke and Hereis baith wer put in waird … Quhair thay, ar ȝit, vnto this tyme and tyde

4. Time, the passage of time. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 777.
Tyde bydes na man

5. The tide of the sea, the twice-daily rising and falling of the sea; the (nature of) the movement of the sea in relation to this; the point in time at which the tide is highest at a place. See also Nepe-tide n. Also fig.The Hay Alex. quot. may belong in 2.[MLG getîde, tîde, LG tīde, MDu. ghetide, early mod. Du. tijde.] 1460 Hay Alex. 4198.
And quhan the sey rais, and the tyde and houre, The staff was hyare na the hiest toure a1500 Colk. Sow i 94.
A schipman … That … knawis nowther cours nor tyd 1513 Doug. iii vi 190.
Fail not for los of tyme that may betyde, Bot thou pas to that prophetis, thocht the tyde And prospir wyndis challance thé to the saill a1568 Sempill in Sat. P. xlvi 56.
Quhair anker dryvis … Thir tripand tyddis may tyne ws aw 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. v 193.
Sequacibus undis, ubi magna vi fluctum naves abripiuntur (quhair thair runneth a stark tyde) a1570-86 J. Maitland in Maitl. F. 434/21.
Scho is ane bruckill barge … Thow may hir tyne in turning of ane tyde a1578 Pitsc. II 103/27.
Caussit the gentillmen thair to watch everie tyde wpoun thair landing to debait tham a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 1271 (Wr.).
Abide … your tide … And wait upon the wind 1592 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 132.
To accompanie his Lordship our the walter this day at the efternone tyde 1596 Dalr. II 198/2.
He was shipit … with a fayr tyd ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 50.
Ane stream … quhilk may not be hantit but be certane tydes c1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 513.
Betwix Cantyr and the Glinns … runneth a furious and dangerous tyd 1710 Sc. Ant. VII 94.
At the niepest tide at the high water, it will be two foot higher than the tide at full waterfig. 1594 Colville Lett. 106.
Thair ar so many contrareis tydes among us as of necessite ther must be some schipwrak 1604-31 Craig vi 4.
That so Our love-seik hopes might to the full tyd flo 1624 Edinb. Univ. MS La.ii.319.
O happie thryse ar such I say That takis tyme in the tyd 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 140 (J).
As some express it, Every craiglugge makes a new tide

b. The period of time between one tide and the next, chiefly viewed as a period of working time.1467 quot. is somewhat obscure and may belong in 1 above.(a) 1452 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i 156 (11 Aug.).
John Sleich is … to saile fra the hawyn of Banf to … Aberdene and thar to remayn twa tiddis in the water or in the rade 1467 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i 605 (24 June).
Symon of Craufurde oftymes callit [etc.] … awynar of a quarter of the said balingar that the said Symon was oblist to lade out of Normandy [etc.] … nocht comperyt as the fyrst day of proces of thre tydis 1534 Treas. Acc. VI 234.
Payit … to xv men to cast the space of xv tydis about the schip, viij d. the man for ilk tyde 1535 Aberd. B. Rec. MS 31.
xxiij s. x d. for the fraucht of iiij barellis of as within thre tiddis 1553 Edinb. Old Acc. I 81.
Heir followis the expensis maid be Alexander Park … on the schoir of Leyth … Item, thre werkmen with the masonis of the querrell ane tyds wage, v s. 1581–2 Crail B. Ct. 8 Jan.
The … maisteris off … boittis presentlie lying within the porte … to … transporte … thame furth off the said porte within the space of thre tydis 1582–3 Crail B. Ct. 10 Jan.
Thay being callit daylie at the end of the tyd and leaffing of wark at the said peir 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 20a.
To ane mane that wrocht iii dayes … to wther mene 2 tydis 1601 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 214 (11 April).
Send hors for the dyseirt and tapistrye … quhilk sal be redy ay betwein twa tyidis 1616 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 10.
At the lousing of the grit schip aucht men four tydis haiffing vi s. viii d. the tyde 1622-6 Bisset II 238/3, 6.
Everie maister wricht vij s. for the day or for the tyde iiij s. vj d. … to everie maister convoyaris of the wark viij s. be day, and for the tyde vj s.(b) 1559–60 Edinb. Old Acc. I 314.
For the furth takin of the wrak furth of the hevin … to iij bottis ane teid xv s.attrib. 1672 Rothesay B. Rec. 231.
Allexander Flimein is to have Polskyt from Donald Kelsois roundabout the schore bak to the tolbuithe … and John Mwir … to have all the suburbs, who ar to work tyde watter about 1677 Paterson Ayr & Wigton I 85.
Ane sufficient man … to the heavin work, and work ane tyde water

c. specif. With reference to (the quantity of) fish caught during the period of a single tide. 1328 Exch. R. I 88.
Compotum Willelmi de Dispensa … Et in allocacione facta computantibus per piscariam de vna tyda de Sleples 1669 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III 59.
Of uplifteing fourtein salmond as kayne fish … and of one tyde, that is to say, of alsmuch fish as may be taken by the boates … for ane tyde 1679 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS (19 July).
That non of the fishers … goe to the Gibhill pool to fish except twa boats at on tydes time allanerlie

d. transf. A flow or flood (of excrement). c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) Flyt. 188.
Thow … ugly averill … oft beswakkit with ane ourhie tyd [M. everie tyme and tyde] Quhilk brewis mekle barret to thy bryd: Hir cair is all to clenge thy cabroch howis