gude
adjective
good.
gude
1 American
[gy d]
/ güd /
adjective
Scot. and North England.
Gude
2
American
[gy d]
/ güd /
noun
Scot. and North England.
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A gude frash harring is a varry gude thing, espashally whan she's frash.
From Time Magazine Archive
O never fear, Lizie," he said,25 "If ye will gang wi' me, All that is into my place, Can speak as gude Scotch as thee.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Bot I sall do the best I can, And marie sum gude honest man, And brew gude aill and tun.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
My garters are o' the gude black iron, And O but they be cold; My breast-plate's o' the sturdy steel, Instead of beaten gold.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
He’s gotten his will about mair things than that of late, and what I say is, that it has done him gude, as trouble never did.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
Cheri Yecke, 71, read the series to daughters Anastasia Gude, 49, and Tiffany Brooks, 47, before they could read, then volunteered for bedtime-story duty with her granddaughter Bridget Brooks, now 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Less forward guidance means more optionality for the Fed but likely more volatility in future rate path pricing,” notes BNY Investments Newton Head of Fixed Income Ella Gude.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ella Gude, head of fixed income at BNY Investments Newton, said bond traders could be bracing for higher consumer prices, even as yields have come off their highs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
“We needed every lever that was pulled,” said Gude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
"Gude Lord! but is all this true, Mr. M——?"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
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