deid

British

/ diːd /

adjective

a Scot word for dead

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Example Sentences

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"The taxi driver said 'I thought you were deid'."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

And no one would need concern themselves about the aliens popping by and finding that all the names on the lunar message were long deid.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013

He’s no’ lang deid neither, or ye could speir at himsel’.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Then he turned up the covering sheet: 'Pray, let me see the deid; Methinks, she looks all pale and wan; She hath lost her cherry red.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Here the guidman sall bide awee To dwall amang the deid; to see Auld faces clear in fancy’s e’e; Belike to hear Auld voices fa’in’ saft an’ slee On fancy’s ear.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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