Tormentour, sb. executioner, C3, WW; tormentoures, pl., C3.—AF. tormenter, executioner.
Tormentynge, sb, torture, C2.
Tormentyse, sb. torture, C2.
Torne, sb. a turn, trick, wile, G.
Tornen, v. to turn, PP; see Tournen.
To-rof, pt. s. of To-riven.
Tortuous, adj. oblique (term in astrology), C3.—Lat. tortuosus, crooked.
To-samen, adv. together, S. (To- 1.)
To-schaken, v. to shake asunder, S. (To- 2.)
To-scheden, v. to part asunder; to-sched, pp., S2. (To- 2.)
To-schellen, v. to shell, peel; to-shullen, pp., PP. (To- 2.)
To-schreden, v. to cut to pieces, C. (To- 2.)
To-spreden, v. to scatter; to-sprad, pp., S2. (To- 2.)
To-swellen, v. to swell greatly; to-swolle, pp., S, PP. (To- 2.)
To-swinken, v. to labour greatly, C3. (To- 2.)
To-tasen, v. to pull to pieces; to-tose, S. (To- 2.)
Toten, v. to peep, look about, PP, S3; tutand, pr. p., projecting, pushing out, S3; totede, pt. s., S3; y-toted, pp., S3. Comb.: tote-hylle, specula, Prompt.—AS. tA cubedtian; see SkD (s.v. tout).
To-teren, v. to tear to pieces, C3; to-teoren, S; toteore, S; totorne, pp., PP; totorn, S; totore, C3. (To- 2.)
To-turn, sb. refuge, SD. (To- 1.)
To-twicchen, v. to pull apart; to-twichet, pr. pl., S. (To- 2.)
Toun, sb. an enclosure, farm-stead, town, S2, C, W; toune, PP; tun, S, S2; toune, dat., S2, C2. Comb.: toune-men, men of the town, not rustics, PP; tun-scipe, the people of the farm-stead, S. Der.: town-*ish, belonging to the town, S3.—AS. tAn, enclosure, farm, town; cp. OHG. zAn, hedge (Tatian).
Tour, sb. tower, S, S2, C2, PP, W2; tur, S; torres, pl., S2.—OF. tur, tor, tour: Lat. turrem.
Tournen, v. to turn, PP; turnen, S, S2, PP; tornen, S2, PP; teornen, S2; tirnen, S; y-tornd, pp., S2; i-turnd, S, S2.—AF. turner; Lat. tornare, from tornus, a lathe.
Tourneyment, sb. tournament, C2.—OF. tornoiement.
Towaille, sb. towel, C2; towayle, Prompt., Voc.; twaly, Prompt.; towelle, Voc.; towylle, Voc.—AF. towaille (tuaille), OF. touaile (Bartsch); Low Lat. toacula; of Teutonic origin, cp. OHG. duAihila, washing-cloth; from duahan, also thuahan, to wash (Tatian). See SkD, also Kluge (s.v. zwehle).


