tidwritere

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • chronicler, annalist

Etymology

Compound from Old English tīd (time, season, period, feast-day, hour, festal-tide, while, due time, tide, canonical hour, canonical hour service, yeartide, point portion of time) + Old English wrītere (writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist).

Origin

Old English

wrītere

Gloss

writer, scribe, painter, draughtsman, copyist

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