Obs. [OE. *tiʓð fem., contr. tíð (obl. case tíðe):—OTeut. *tigiþā′. Not known outside English.] A granting; a concession, boon. Bene-tiðe, -tuðe: see BENE b.

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a. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. xii. [xiv.] (1890), 196. Moniʓ oðer uncymre hors … þæt wit meahton þearfum to tiʓðe sellan.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., I. 384. Fela wundra ʓelumpon … ðurh ðæs Hælendes tiðe.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 201. Þat he … ȝife us bene tuðe.

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