† i-thee, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeþeon, 3–4 i-þeo(n, 3–4 i-þe, 4 i-þy, yþe, 5–6 i-the. pa. tense 1 ᵹeþeah, 3 i-þæh, -þaih, -þei, -þeh; pl. i-þoȝen.
[OE. ᵹeþéon (ᵹeþéah, ᵹeþuᵹon, ᵹeþoᵹen) = OS. gith{iacu}han, OHG. gad{iacu}han (MHG. ged{iacu}hen, mod.G. gedeihen), Goth. gaþeihan: see i-1 and thee v.]
intr. To thrive, prosper.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 211 His fæder..ᵹeðeah þæt he wæs cininges þeᵹna aldorman. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 130 Fela riccra manna ᵹeðeoð Gode. c 1205 Lay. 9116 Swa ich mote gode iþeon al þu hit sælt wel biteon. Ibid. 24272 Þa burh seoððe no iþæh. Ibid. 30074 Þa children wuxen and wel iðoȝen. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8817 Ȝif he leseþ godes grace he ne ssal neuere iþe. c 1315 Shoreham 102 Senne maketh many fal, That he ne mote i-thy. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 377 So ich euer mot ythe, So ne schul ye nought serue me. c 1470 in Archæologia XXIX. 325 He is riche þat shalle neuer i-the. c 1530 Hickscorner in Hazl. Dodsley I. 155, I trow I shall never i-the. |