wud
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of standard English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”).
Adjective edit
wud (comparative more wud, superlative most wud)
- (dialectal) Mad.
- 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Thrawn Janet”, in The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables:
- Janet ran to him - she was fair wud wi' terror - an' clang to him, an' prayed him, for Christ's sake, save her frae the cummers; an' they, for their pairt, tauld him a' that was ken't, and maybe mair.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
wud
- (nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of would
Etymology 3 edit
Phrase edit
wud
- Alternative form of wyd
Cebuano edit
Phrase edit
wud
Mokilese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *qusan (“rain”), from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN (“rain”)
Noun edit
wud
Verb edit
wud
- to rain
References edit
- Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977
External links edit
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wud (plural wuds)
Verb edit
wud
- (South Scots) would (uncommon variant of wad)