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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wyd(e, Wid, adv. Also: wyid, vy(i)d. [ME and e.m.E. wide (c1200), wyde (a1250), wid (c1250), wyd (a1440), OE wíde.]

1. a. Widely, over a wide area, extensively. b. Far, at a (particular) distance. c. comb. With present or past participles: Having the effect specified over a wide area.a. 1375 Barb. iii 413.
Thar fayis that spred war wyd 1375 Barb. xvii 777.
He … set his entent And gert all wyd set wp the ȝat a1400 Leg. S. iii 935.
Ȝour word is spred wid 1460 Hay Alex. 452.
Ryd sarralie, skaill nocht thi men oure wyde a1500 Henr. Fab. 1913.
Syne on the feild he sawis calf full wyde c1475 Wall. ix 442.
Thai … waistyt wonnyngis wid a1500 K. Hart 576.
That thow suld graceles ga To waist thy weilfair and thy welth so wyde c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 164/112.
The pennis … owsprang In till the air full wyde c1590 J. Stewart 13/35.
In the valor of his hardie hand Has hich renoun inritchit vonder vyd 1596 Dalr. I 45/16.
Quhair ance it fixis the rute it spredis the selfe sa braid and wyde, that v myles of this loch … is now maid glare a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xliii 35.
All pairts vhair thou wes in Thinks long for thee my lord So wyd thy word does waxe That the immortall maksb. 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I 114.
That for[e] both sall hald als wyd do[u]n on of that land has is the gayl of Jame Thomson land 1572 Sat. P. xxxi 176.
Wandering wyde fra this countrie Amang all vther natiounis 1602 Colville Paraenese 163.
Thai that stand upon a hill vyid from itc. (1) 1375 Barb. iii 699.
Thai … entryt … in-to the rase Quhar that the stremys sa sturdy was That wawys wyd wycht brekand war Weltryt as hillys 1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel (Ded.) 3b.
A proude and wyde blowing Goliath(2) 1604-31 Craig ii 74.
The seaman hoyseth saile With widkast womb the welcome winds t'embrace

2. a. Having a wide opening; opening to a wide extent. b. Of a gate or door: Open to its fullest extent, wide open. Also in fig. context.a. a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 688.
The selfe ȝerde opnyt wyde c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2963.
With that ilk dart … he smot him … With one deidly wound, wirkand wyid Among the ribbes in the syid a1568 Bann. MS 249a/8.
Cupyde That with his dart Thirlis my harte with wondis warkand wydeb. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 127.
The yettis wappit war wyde a1500 Henr. Fab. 305.
On he went, and left the dure vp wyde c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 192/36.
Syne Deid castis upe his ȝettis wyd 1513 Doug. vii x 32.
Thir ȝettis suld vp oppin and warp wyde