▪ I. † tidder, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 t{iacu}edran, t{yacu}dran, t{yacu}ddr(i)an, 3 tuderen, (Orm.) tiddrenn.
[OE. t{yacu}dran, related to tud(d)or tudder, progeny, offspring.]
a. intr. To be productive or prolific. b. trans. To produce (offspring), to engender.
| a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 1507 (Gr.) Tymað nu & tiedrað. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Þenne men michel tuderið..and here tuder swiðe wexeð. c 1200 Ormin 18307 Þa þeȝȝre time wass all gan To tiddrenn & to tæmenn. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 630 Of hem ben tudered maniȝon. |
▪ II. [† ˈtidder, v.2 Obs. rare—0.
| 1755 Johnson, 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.)] |