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.

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.

Toggen, v. to draw, allure, sport, S, Prompt.

To-grinden, v. to grind in pieces; to-grynt, pr. s., PP. (To- 2.)

To-hewen, v. to hew in pieces, S, S2, C3. (To- 2.)

To-hope, sb. hope, S. (To- 1.)

To-hurren, v. to hurry apart, S. (To- 2.)

Tokker, sb. fuller, one who thickens cloth, S2, PP; towker, PP; toucher, PP; tucker, HD; touker, Bardsley; tuker, Bardsley.  See Tuken.

Tokne, sb. token, PP; tocne, S; tacne, S; taken, PP, S2; takun, W; takens, pl., S2.—­AS. tAicn:  Goth. taikns; cp.  OHG. zeichan (Tatian).

Toknynge, sb. signification, PP; tocninge, S; toknyng, PP; takning, S2; takeninge, S2; tokening, C3.—­AS. tAic-*_nung_.

Tolie, v. to till, S; see Tilien.

To-liggen, v. to pertain to; toliA deg., pr. s., S. (To- 1.)

Tolke, sb. a man, S2; see Tulk.

Tolle, sb. toll, custom, Voc.; tol, PP, Prompt. Comb.:  tol-bothe, toll-booth (=Lat. telonium), S2, W, Voc.—­AS. toll:  OFris. tolen, tolne; Lat. telonium (Vulg.); Gr. [Greek:  telonion].  Note that the n of the stem appears in AS. tolnere, ‘teloniarius,’ Voc.; see Weigand (s.v. zoll).

Tollen, v. to take toll, C. Der.:  tollere, taxgatherer, usurer, S2, PP; toller, Voc.

Tollen, v. to draw, allure, entice, Prompt., PP, ND, SkD; tole, ND; tullen, CM, SD; tillen, S, H, PP.—­AS. tyllan (in for-tyllan).

To-loggen, v. to drag hither and thither, S2, PP; to-lugged, pp., PP.

Tolter, adv. unsteadily, totteringly, S3, SkD (s.v. totter).

To-luken, v. to rend asunder, S; to-loken, pp., S. (To- 2.)

Toly, sb. scarlet colour, WA; tuly, Prompt., HD; tuely, SkD (s.v. trap, 2).—­Heb. to*la*’, crimson (Isaiah 1. 18), properly a worm.

Tombestere, sb. female dancer, C3; see Tumbestere.

Tome, adj. empty, void, unoccupied, H, HD; toom, Prompt.; tume, JD.—­Icel. tA cubedmr, vacant, empty.  Cf. Toft.

Tome, sb. leisure, S2, PP, H (p. 169); toym, B; tume, B; Icel. tA cubedm, leisure.  See above.

To-morwen, adv. to-morrow, S; to-*morwe, PP; tomore3*e, S; tomorn, C. (To- 1.)

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