Obs. rare. Also 5 Sc. woidie. [a. OF. voïsdie, voidie: see VAIDIE.] Cunning, stratagem, sleight.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, IX. 747. Ȝhe suld press till derenȝe ȝour richt, And nocht with woidie [MS. woidre] na with slicht. [Ibid., X. 516. the correct reading is probably voidy.]

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1390.  Gower, Conf., III. 217. Nou schalt thou hiere a gret mervaile, With what voisdie that he wroghte.

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