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▪ I. † tidder, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 tíedran, týdran, týddr(i)an, 3 tuderen, (Orm.) tiddrenn.
[OE. týdran, related to tud(d)or tudder, progeny, offspring.]
a. intr. To be productive or prolific.
b. trans. To produce (offspring), to engender.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 1507 (Gr.) Tymað nu & tiedrað. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Þenne men michel tuderið..and here tuder swiðe wexeð. c1200Ormin 18307 Þa þeȝȝre time wass all gan To tiddrenn & to tæmenn. c1250Gen. & Ex. 630 Of hem ben tudered maniȝon.
▪ II. [† ˈtidder, v.2 Obs. rare—0.
1755Johnson, Tidder, v.a. (from Tid), to use tenderly; to fondle. (But there is app. some error here: no trace of such a vb. has been found elsewhere: cf. tid a.) ] |