tidan

Old English

Etymology

tīd +‎ -an

Verb

tīdan

1. to betide, befall, happen

Conjugation

Conjugation of tīdan (weak class 1)

infinitive	tīdan	tīdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tīde	tīdde
second person singular	tīdest, tītst	tīddest
third person singular	tīdeþ, tītt, tīt	tīdde
plural	tīdaþ	tīddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tīde	tīdde
plural	tīden	tīdden
imperative
singular	tīd
plural	tīdaþ
participle	present	past
	tīdende	(ġe)tīded

Derived terms

• ġetīdan (“to betide, happen”)
• mistīdan (“to turn out badly”)
• tidung f (“tidings”)

Descendants

• Middle English: tiden, tide
  • English: tide
  • Scots: tide

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tīdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈdan]

Noun

tidan (nominative plural tidans)

1. teacher

Declension

declension of tidan

	singular	plural
nominative	tidan	tidans
genitive	tidana	tidanas
dative	tidane	tidanes
accusative	tidani	tidanis
vocative 1	o tidan!	o tidans!
predicative 2	tidanu	tidanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• hiletidan
• hitidäb
• hitidan
• jiletidan
• jitidan
• jitidäb
• letidan
• tid
• tidäb
• tidabuk
• tidal
• tidaliegik
• tidam
• tidod
• tidodem
• tidön

See also

• tidel