ˈwinter-tide Now somewhat arch.
[OE. wintert{iacu}d (winter n.1, tide n.): cf. OHG. winterzît (G. winterzeit), MLG., MDu. wintertît (Du. wintertijd), ON. vetrart{iacu}ð, etc.; in modern use a new formation (cf. summer-tide).]
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| c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. xiii. (1890) 134 Swylc swa ðu æt swæsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum ond ðeᵹnum on wintertide, and sie fyr onælæd. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives iv. 35 Hit is wintertid nu, and ic wundrie þearle hwanon þes wyrtbræð þus wynsumlice steme. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 240 In Wales it is fulle strong to werre in Winter tide. 1375 Barbour Bruce v. 1 Quhen vyntir tyde Vith his blastis..Wes ourdriffin. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 634 The trees that ware In wynter-tyde naked & bare. 1590 Greene Neuer too late Wks. (Grosart) VIII. 227 The daies growes short, then hasts the winter tide. |
| 1830 Tennyson Ode to Memory 19 Earliest shoots Of orient green,..Which in wintertide shall star The black earth with brilliance rare. 1904 A. Griffiths 50 Yrs. Public Service xii. 167, I shall never forget those church parades in the dull grey light of wintertide. |