tid

Meaning

1. time in general

2. time as a defined period or span; a tide, a fourth of the day or night

3. time as a defined period or span; an hour, a twelfth of the day or night

   Wæs hit þā ān tīd tō ǣfenes.

   It was then one hour before evening. (Alexander's Letter to Aristotle)

4. time as a defined period or span; a season, a fourth of the year

5. c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

   Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest.

   The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.

6. an age, an era

7. the hour, the moment determined by a sundial or other device marking the division between the tides or hours

   nōntīd

   nones

8. the religious service held at a canonical hour, four of which were equivalent to the daylight tides

9. the season, the favorable or proper period for an action, especially with regard to farming or (Christianity) the holy seasons of the liturgical year

   Nū is ūs ālȳfed, þurh lārēowa ealdordōm, þæt wē dæġhwomlice, on þyssere lenctenlīċan tīde, ūre līchaman ġerēordiġan mid forhæfednysse, and sȳfernysse, and clǣnnysse. Stuntlīċe fæst sē lenctenlīċ fæsten seðe on ðisum clǣnum tīman hine sylfne mid gālnysse befȳld. Unrihtlīċ bið þæt sē crīstena mann flǣsċlīċe lustas ġefremme on ðām tīman þe hē flæsċmettas forgān sċea

   Now it is permitted to us, through the authority of teachers, that we feed our bodies with restraint, moderation, and modesty every day of this Lenten season. He who performs the Lenten fast while defiling himself with lust does so foolishly. It is unlawful for a Christian to indulge in carnal lusts during the time he should forgo meats.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

10. the time, the hour, the favorable, proper, or allotted moment for an action or event, the occasion when something can or ought to be done

    bedtīd

    bedtime

11. a commemoration; an anniversary; a festival, especially a saint's day

12. tense, the time indicated by the form of a verb

Declension