noun
Meaning 1
A saying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Meaning 2
A falsehood; leasing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
Topics: lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 5
To speak; sing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To contend; wrangle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 9
To be associated with a place or locality.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
From Middle English ȝed, from Old English ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).
From Middle English eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”). Influenced or conflated with Middle English eardien (“to dwell, inhabit”), from Old English eardian (“to live, dwell, be inhabitant, occupy”). More at earth.
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From Middle English ȝedden, ȝeddien, from Old English ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), from ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).