ted

From a pet form of Edward, in reference to Edwardian styles affected by youths.

ted (plural teds)

1. A teddy boy.

From a possible Old English *teddan, from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”).

ted (third-person singular simple present teds, present participle tedding, simple past and past participle tedded)

1. To spread hay for drying.
   • 2014, Ann Larkin Hansen, Making Hay: How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Bale, and Store a Nourishing Crop →ISBN:

     Turning and fluffing the cut hay, or tedding, speeds and evens out drying.

• DET, DTE, Det, Det., EDT, ETD, det.