childe

== English == === Etymology === From Old English ċild. === Pronunciation === enPR: chīld, IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɪld/ Rhymes: -aɪld Homophone: child === Noun === childe Obsolete form of child. 1524, will of William Butler of Brotton Juxta Gisburne, quoted in 1884, The Publications of the Surtees Society, page 190: I will that non childe of myne have any childe's parte of my goodes saving thies childer here in my will namyd, […] 1570, will of John Hauelocke of Newcastle upon Tyne, quoted in 1835, James Raine, William Greenwell, John Crawford Hodgson, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics: &c., of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, page 325: It'm I gyue & bequithe vnto my Mr iij childringe my beste coalte […] It'm I bequithe & gyue vnto yt childe yt my wiffe is wth all at this p'sente fortie […] A child of noble birth. The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title. c. 1607, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 4: Childe Rowland to the dark tower came. His word was still "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man." (fantasy, plural childer) A vampire who was turned by another vampire (the childe's sire) in a particular way. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:childe. === Anagrams === chelid, chield == Middle English == === Noun === childe alternative form of child dative singular of child