• (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
Gnide (nīd) transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon gnīdan .] To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [ Obsolete] » This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.