different between gid vs wid

English

Etymology 1

Noun

gid (uncountable)

1. A disease of sheep caused by tapeworm.

Etymology 2

Compare Old French gigue. See jig (noun).

Noun

gid (plural gids)

1. (obsolete) A fiddle.

Anagrams

• DIG, GDI, GDI+, IgD, dIG, dig

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???ið?]

Etymology 1

An abbreviation of Gud give det, "(may) God give it".

Adverb

gid

1. I wish, if only

   Gid denne forbandede krig var ovre!

   How I wish that this accursed war were over.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gid

1. imperative of gide

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?id/

Etymology

From French guider.

Noun

gid

1. a guide

Verb

gid

1. Medial form of gide

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??it/

Etymology 1

Noun

gid m pers

1. (Cieszyn Silesia) Alternative form of gizd.

Etymology 2

From French guide.

Noun

gid m pers

1. (literary) guide (someone who guides)

   Synonym: przewodnik

Declension

Noun

gid m inan

1. (travel) guide book

   Synonym: przewodnik

Declension

Further reading

• gid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Adjective

gid (comparative mair gid, superlative maist gid)

1. good

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

gid

1. skin
2. leather

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?d, IPA^(key): /w?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Preposition

wid

1. (regional) Pronunciation 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-

Belizean Creole

Alternative forms

• wit

Preposition

wid

1. with

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 372.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *w?daz. Cognate with Old Frisian w?d, Old Saxon w?do and Old Dutch w?do, Old High German w?t, Old Norse víðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?d/

Adjective

w?d

1. wide, far

Declension

Derived terms

• w?ds?þ

Descendants

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