† quide Obs.
Forms: 1 cwyde, 1–2 cwide, 3 quede, queðe, 3–4 quide, 4 qwede.
[OE. cwide (cwyde) = OS. quidi, OHG. quidi, chwiti, etc., ON. kviðr verdict:—OTeut. *kwiđi-z, f. the root *kweþ- to say, quethe.]
1. A saying, speech, statement.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. iii. §4 Is þis nu se cwide þe þu me ᵹeo sædest? c 1080 O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 1070 Se ar'b..mid strangan cwydan þæt ylce ᵹefæstnode. c 1205 Lay. 9141 Hit wes ȝare iqueðen, Þa quides beoð nu soðe. a 1250 Owl & Night. 685 Alvered seide of olde quide [etc.]. |
b. A promise. rare—1.
| c 1250 Gen. & Exod. 1463 He bad god..ðat he sulde fillen ðat quede, ðe he abraham quilum dede. |
2. A will, legacy, bequest.
| 950 in Thorpe Diplom. 500/1 Ðis is Byrhtrices & ælfswyðe his wifes nihsta cwide. Þe hi cwædon..on heora maᵹa ᵹewitnesse. a 1050 Liber Scintill. xliv. (1889) 146 On cwyde þinum læf þearfum. c 1205 Lay. 14857 Ich forȝiue ælchere widewe hire lauerdes quide. 13.. K. Alis. 8020 To have theo kyngis qwede, Muche bataile was heom myde. |