different between wid vs waid

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

English

Etymology

For weighed.

Adjective

waid (comparative more waid, superlative most waid)

1. (obsolete) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

Anagrams

• DWAI, wadi