A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Tid, adv. quickly, PP; tyd, PP.  See Tit.

Tiden, v. to happen, S; tyden, S2, C3; tid. pr. s., PP; tit, PP; tydde, pt. s., PP; tidde, S2.—­AS. tA-dan.

Tidi, adj. seasonable, honest, respectable, S; tidy, PP; tydy, PP, Prompt.

Tidif, sb. the name of some very small bird, C2; tydy, a sort of singing bird, ND.

Tiding, sb. an event, tidings, S; tyding, C2, C3; tidinge, pl., S2; tydinge, S; tydinges, C2.  See TiA deg.ing.

Tiffen, v. to trick out, trim, adorn, SkD.—­OF. tiffer, to trim, adorn.

Tiffung, sb. adornment, finery, S.

Til, prep, and conj. to, till, S, PP, S2, C3; tyl, S, PP; till, S, S3.—­Icel. til.

Tilden, v. to set a trap, S; tildeAz, 2 pr. pl., set up, S3; see Telden.

Tilien, v. to till, cultivate, earn, gain, PP; tilen, S, PP; tylie, PP; tulien, PP; telie, PP; tolie, S; tylle, S2.—­AS. tilian, to aim at, to till land; cp.  OHG. zilA cubedn, to attempt (Tatian).

Tilier, sb. tiller, husbandman, W.

Tillen, v. to draw, entice, S, H, PP; see Tollen.

TilA deg.e, sb. labour, toil, tilth, S; tulthe, PP; telA deg.e, PP.—­AS. tilA deg..  See Tilien.

Timen, v. to prosper, S.—­Icel. tA-ma (reflex.), to happen.

Tin, pron. poss. thy, thine, S; see Azou.

Tinsel, sb. a stuff made partly of silk and partly of silver, S3, TG, SkD.—­OF. estincelle, a spark, a flash (BH).

Tintre3*e, sb. torment; tintreow, S; tintreohe, S; tintreohen, pl., S.—­AS. tintreg (Grein).

Tirannye, sb. tyranny, C2, C3; tirandye, HD.

Tiraunt, sb. tyrant, C2, PP; tyraunt, PP, W; tirant, S2; tyrauns, pl., oppressors, PP.—­AF. and OF. tirant, tiranz; Lat. tyrannus; see Constans, Supplement, p. 57, and BH, ASec. 72.

Tirauntrie, sb. tyranny, W2; tyrauntrye, HD.

Tis-dA|i, sb.  Tuesday, S; Tisdei, S.—­AS. TA-wes-dA|g, the day of Tiw, the English name of a Teutonic deity; cp.  OHG. Zio, Icel. TA1/2r; see Grimm, Teut.  M., cap, ix, and Kluge (s.v. dienstag).

Tit, adv. quickly, PP; tyt, S2; tyte, PP, S2, H; tite, PP, S2, H; ti3*t, S2; ti3*tly, S2; titere, comp., H; titter, S2.—­Icel. tA-tt, neut. of tiA deg.r.  See Tid.

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