Now Sc. Forms: 1 ʓieddian, ʓeddian, ʓiddian, ʓyddian, 3–4 ȝedde, 3–5 ȝede, 6 yedde, 8– yed. [OE. ʓieddian, f. ʓiedd (see prec.), ? f. root gad- to put together, as in GATHER, TOGETHER. For the development of sense 2 cf. OE. ʓieddum wrixlan to dispute, and the use of the vb. in Daniel 728.]
1. intr. To sing, recite, talk, discourse.
c. 888. Ælfred, Boeth., xii. 26. Þa ongan se Wisdom gliowian & ʓeoddode þus. Ibid., xxxi. 71. Þa ongan he eft ʓiddian & þus singende cwæð.
c. 1205. Lay., 21429. Arður … þus ȝeddien agon [later version þes word saide] Mid gomenfulle worden.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. I. 138. Prechet in þin harpe Þer þou art Murie at þi mete whon me biddeþ þe ȝedde.
c. 1425. Seven Sages (P.), 215. Thay nolden no langer with hym ȝede, Ne suffry langer lygge in bede.
b. To fib, exaggerate a tale (Jam.). Sc.
2. To contend, wrangle.
1570. Levins, Manip., 48/35. To Yedde, chide, iurgare.
1721. Ramsay, Poems, I. 398. Gloss., Yed, to contend, wrangle. Contention, Wrangling.
