Obs. Forms: 1 tíedran, týdran, týddr(i)an, 3 tuderen, (Orm.) tiddrenn. [OE. týdran, related to tud(d)or TUDDER, progeny, offspring.] a. intr. To be productive or prolific. b. trans. To produce (offspring), to engender.
a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen., 1507 (Gr.). Tymað nu & tiedrað.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 177. Þenne men michel tuderið … and here tuder swiðe wexeð.
c. 1200. Ormin, 18307. Þa þeȝȝre time wass all gan To tiddrenn & to tæmenn.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 630. Of hem ben tudered maniȝon.
