noun
yeartide
Yeartide (noun) means a particular time of year; a season.
noun
1
A particular time of year; a season.
"Peter & 2-Js & I joined in a flower bunch, besides which I also sent her a 15 bob sheaf on my own, with gum-leafage — the sole homish stuff havable here at this yeartide — there among."
— Percy Grainger, Kay Dreyfus (1985)
"Or phylacteries on skulls unyielding, While our river of days flows dark With a yeartide of days, a yeartide of nights Unhallowed, unhallowed?"
— American Jewish Congress, Judaism (1958)
2
A date that comes round every year; an anniversary.
"There will be a tourney in three days, as always at Yeartide. You could enter those events at which you may excel."
— Gene Wolfe, The Wizard: Book Two of The Wizard Knight (2006)
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Etymology
Formed from year and -tide (“time, occasion”). Compare West Frisian jiertiid (“season”), Dutch jaartijd, jaargetijde (“season”), German Jahreszeit (“season”), Swedish årstid (“season”), Icelandic árstíð (“season”), and Yiddish יאָרצײַט (yortsayt). It is a piecewise doublet of yahrzeit.
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What is the meaning of yeartide?
"yeartide" (noun) means a particular time of year; a season.
What are the different meanings of yeartide?
"yeartide" has 2 main meanings: 1. A particular time of year; a season; 2. A date that comes round every year; an anniversary.
