wintertide

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wintertide

/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)taɪd/ UK
/ˈwɪntɚtaɪd/ Canada, US
[ˈwɪɾ̃ɚtaɪd] Canada, US

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From Middle English wintertid, wyntertyde, from Old English winter + tid (“time”). By surface analysis, winter + -tide. Cognate to Dutch wintertijd (“winter time”).

noun wintertides

archaic, literary wintertime Shut out the flower-time, / Sunbeam and shower-time; / Make way for our time, / The winter-tide.

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@misc{wintertide_2026,
  title = {wintertide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wintertide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}