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.

To-name, sb. cognomen, PP; towname, PP. (To- 1.)

Tonge, sb. tongue, S2, C2, C3, PP; tunge, S, C, PP, W2; tounge, PP; tong, S3; tung, S2. Der.:  tongede, tongued, talkative, PP.—­AS. tunge.

Tonge, sb. pair of tongs, forceps, S, S2, Prompt.; tange, Voc.—­AS. tange (Voc.).

Tonne, sb. tun, PP, S3, C2, G; tunne, S, PP. Comb.:  tonne-greet, as large round as a tun, C.—­AS. tunne.

Too, sb. toe, C; taa, S2, HD; toon, pl., C; ton, C; tas, S2; taes, S2.—­AS. tAi (pl. tAin).

Tool, sb. tool, weapon, C, Prompt.; toles, pl., PP; tooles, PP.—­AS. tA cubedl.

Toom, adj. empty; see Tome.

Toord, sb. stercus, W2, Prompt.

Topase, sb. topaz, Cotg.; topace, S3; tupace, SkD; topacius, W (Apoc. 21. 20); thopas, C2 (p. 151).—­OF. topase; Lat. topazum (acc.); Gr. [Greek:  topazos].

Toppe, sb. tuft of hair, P, S; top, top of the head, Prompt.

To-quassen, v. to shake asunder, PP; to-quashte, pt. s., PP. (To- 2.)

To-qua3*te, pt. s. quaked, PP. (To- 2.)

To-racen, v. to scrape to pieces, C2. (To- 2.)

To-renden, v. to rend in pieces, PP; torente, pt. s., C2, W; to-rent, pp., S, C2, W. (To- 2.)

Toret, sb. ring on a dog’s collar, through which the leash was passed, CM; torettz, pl., C; turrets, DG.—­OF. touret, the chain which is at the end of the check of a bit, also the little ring whereby a hawk’s lune is fastened to the jesses (Cotg.).

Toret, sb. turret, G, C, Prompt.; touret, SkD.—­OF. tourette (Cotg.).

To-reuen, v. to completely take away, PP. (To- 2.)

Torf, sb. turf, S2; turf, Voc.; turues, pl., S2.—­AS. turf (Voc.).

Torfare, sb. hardship, misery, peril, WA.—­Icel. torfA|ra.

To-rightes, adv. to rights, aright, G. (To- 1.)

To-riven, v. to rend in twain; to-rof (intrans.), pt. s., was riven in twain, S2.

Torment, sb. a tempest, torment, suffering, SkD, C3, Prompt.; tourment, SkD.—­AF. torment, a tempest, turment (Roland), OF. torment, tourment, a tempest, torture (Bartsch), tormente, a tempest (Cotg.).

Tormenten, v. to torment, SkD.—­OF. tormenter.

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