Now somewhat arch. [OE. wintertíd (WINTER sb.1, TIDE sb.): cf. OHG. winterzît (G. winterzeit), MLG., MDu. wintertît (Du. wintertijd), ON. vetrartíð, etc.; in modern use a new formation (cf. summer-tide).] = next.

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  c. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., II. xiii. (1890), 134. Swylc swa ðu æt swæsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum ond ðeʓnum on wintertide, and sie fyr onælæd.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, iv. 35. Hit is wintertid nu, and ic wundrie þearle hwanon þes wyrtbræð þus wynsumlice steme.

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1338.  R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 240. In Wales it is fulle strong to werre in Winter tide.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, V. 1. Quhen vyntir tyde Vith his blastis … Wes ourdriffin.

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c. 1400.  Laud Troy Bk., 634. The trees that ware In wynter-tyde naked & bare.

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1590.  Greene, Neuer too late, Wks. (Grosart), VIII. 227. The daies growes short, then hasts the winter tide.

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  1830.  Tennyson, Ode to Memory, 19. Earliest shoots Of orient green,… Which in wintertide shall star The black earth with brilliance rare.

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1904.  A. Griffiths, 50 Yrs. Public Service, xii. 167. I shall never forget those church parades in the dull grey light of wintertide.

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