wid

See also: wið, wi'd, and wįð

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭd, IPA^(key): /wɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪd

Preposition

wid

1. (regional) Eye dialect spelling of with.
   • 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets [1]

     “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”

   • 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, [2]

     Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.

   • 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. [3]

     Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home

     Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,

     Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!

Related terms

• See with

Anagrams

• D.W.I., DWI, IWD, WDI, dwi-

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿīd — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīd, Old Saxon wīdo and Old Dutch wīdo, Old High German wīt, Old Norse víðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːd/

Adjective

wīd

1. wide, far

   wīdcūþ ― widely known, famous

   wīdfæþme ― ample, far-reaching, extensive

   wīdmǣrsian ― to publish, widely proclaim

Declension

Declension of wīd — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīd	wīd	wīd
Accusative	wīdne	wīde	wīd
Genitive	wīdes	wīdre	wīdes
Dative	wīdum	wīdre	wīdum
Instrumental	wīde	wīdre	wīde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīde	wīda, wīde	wīd
Accusative	wīde	wīda, wīde	wīd
Genitive	wīdra	wīdra	wīdra
Dative	wīdum	wīdum	wīdum
Instrumental	wīdum	wīdum	wīdum

Declension of wīd — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīda	wīde	wīde
Accusative	wīdan	wīdan	wīde
Genitive	wīdan	wīdan	wīdan
Dative	wīdan	wīdan	wīdan
Instrumental	wīdan	wīdan	wīdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīdan	wīdan	wīdan
Accusative	wīdan	wīdan	wīdan
Genitive	wīdra, wīdena	wīdra, wīdena	wīdra, wīdena
Dative	wīdum	wīdum	wīdum
Instrumental	wīdum	wīdum	wīdum

Derived terms

• wīdsīþ

Descendants

• Middle English: wid, wyd
  • English: wide
  • Scots: wid, wyd