whid
whid · whids
A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small gameA quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
Meaning
4 sensesA quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.
(Scotland, obsolete)A lie; a falsehood.
(obsolete)A word.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A quarrel.
Origin
From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old NorsFrom Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hweoþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).
Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).
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