deid

/ (diːd) /


adjective
  1. a Scot word for dead

Words Nearby deid

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use deid in a sentence

  • He rolled over and over, begged, vaulted the low hurdle of his master's arm, and played "deid."

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • A little gasp, and a wee sob, and an awed question: "Is gude Auld Jock deid, daddy?"

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • The bairnies aroond the kirkyaird gie'd it to pay the police no' to mak' Bobby be deid.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • When he returned next morning, the little girl met him at the stair-head, and said, Shes deid.

    Spare Hours | John Brown
  • I was in deid earnest, an' I'm richt, as ye'll maybe live to prove.

    The Guinea Stamp | Annie S. Swan