Thede

Alternative forms

• theid Scotland

Origin

From Middle English thede, from Old English þēod ("nation, people, tribe, race"), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō ("people, nation"), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ ("people"). Cognate with Middle Dutch diet ("people"), Middle High German diet ("people, folk, nation"), Norwegian tjod ("people, nation"), Icelandic þjóð ("people, nation"), Old Irish túath ("tribe, people, tribal territory"), Welsh tud ("region, country, people"), Breton tud ("people"), Cornish tus ("people").

Full definition of thede

Noun

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A nation; people.
2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A country; land; kingdom.
• 1508, Golagros & Gawane sig. aiiiiv:All the wyis in welth he weildis in theid.
• 2004, J. Douglas Bruce, Le Morte Arthur:For men told in many a thede That launcelot by the quene lay; ...

Derived terms

• thede-folk