† ˈmorn-tide Obs.
Forms: see morn and tide; also morrow-tide.
[Cf. OS. morgantîd, MDu. morgentijt, G. Morgenzeit.]
= morningtide.
| Beowulf 484 Ðonne wæs þeos medoheal on morᵹentid, drihtsele dreorfah. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 59 Ðat was ðe firme morȝen tid, ðat euere sprong in werld[e] wid. a 1300 Cursor M. 6333 Þar he sleped þat morntide. c 1440 Bone Flor. 114 Sche schall..in hur lovely armes me lappe Bothe evyn and morne tyde. |