Now Sc. Forms: 1 ʓied(d, ʓed(d, ʓid(d, ʓyd(d, 3 ȝed, 8– yed. [OE. ʓiedd: see next.]
† 1. A song, poem, speech, tale, riddle. Obs.
Beowulf, 1160. Leoð wæs asungen, gleomannes ʓyd. Ibid., 1723. Ic þis ʓid be þe awræc.
c. 1205. Lay., 25853. Heo … hire ȝeddes [later version wordes] sæide ȝeomere stefne.
b. A fib, an exaggerated tale (Jam.). Sc.
2. Contention, wrangling; strife.
1719. Ramsay, 3rd Answ. to Hamilton, ii. [The soldier] Wha now to youngsters leaves the yed, To ’tend his fauld.
1808, etc. [see Eng. Dial. Dict.].
