tid

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • time in general
  • time as a defined period or span, particularly:
  • the hour, the moment determined by a sundial or other device marking the division between the tides or hours
  • (Christianity) the religious service held at a canonical hour, four of which were equivalent to the daylight tides
  • the season, the favorable or proper period for an action, especially with regard to farming or (Christianity) the holy seasons of the liturgical year
  • 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
  • a commemoration; an anniversary; a festival, especially a saint's day
  • (grammar) tense, the time indicated by the form of a verb

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (time, period, interval) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (period, time).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dīti-

Gloss

period, time

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

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