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a. (obsolete spelling of wide English) n. 2-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character
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WYDE may refer to:
- WYDE (AM), a radio station (1260 AM) licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- WYDE AM-850, a former country music AM radio station located in Birmingham, Alabama and broadcasting at 850 kHz
- WYDE-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Cullman, Alabama, United States
WYDE (1260 AM) is a radio station currently acting as a simulcast partner of WYDE-FM. It was formerly known as WLGD, an adult standards/ oldies radio station that served Birmingham, Alabama, and nearly all of Jefferson County. The station was previously known on the air as "Legends 1260". The station is owned by Crawford Broadcasting Company. The transmitter for WYDE is located near the eastern edge of downtown Birmingham, and studios are in Homewood.
Usage examples of "wyde".
Visions, prologus: In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne I went wyde in this world wondres to here, Ac on a May mornynge on Malvern hulles Me befel a ferly of fairy me thoughte, I was wery forwandred and went me to reste Under a brode bank bi a bornes side And as I lay and leued and loked in the wateres I slombred in a slepyng it sweyved so merye.
Vprose with hastie ioy, and feeble speedThat aged Sire, the Lord of all that land,And looked forth, to weet, if true indeedeThose tydings were, as he did vnderstand,Which whenas true by tryall he out fond,He bad to open wyde his brazen gate,Which long time had bene shut, and out of hondProclaymed ioy and peace through all his state.
Whoso that wole his large volume seke Cleped the Seintes Legende of Cupide, Ther may he seen the large woundes wyde Of Lucresse, and of Babilan Tesbee, The swerd of Dido for the false Enee, The tree of Phillis for hir Demophon, The pleinte of Dianire and Hermyon, Of Adriane and of Isiphilee, The bareyne yle stondynge in the see, The dreynte Leandre for his Erro, The teeris of Eleyne, and eek the wo Of Brixseyde, and of the, Ladomea, The crueltee of the, queene Medea, Thy litel children hangyng by the hals For thy Jason, that was in love so fals.
Arriuing there, as did by chaunce befall,He found the gate wyde ope, and in he rode,Ne stayd, till that he came into the hall:Where soft dismounting like a weary lode,Vpon the ground with feeble feete he trode,As he vnable were for very needeTo moue one foote, but there must make abode.
Am probly hier than nbody els in thi hole wyde wurld rite now, xeptin onli thi peepil in thi fass-towr assoomin thers nbody up thare ov coarse.