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-walten, v. to roll with violence; pt. pl., overflowed, S2. (To- 2.)

To-ward, prep, towards, against, S, PP; touward, S; towart, S. (To- 1.)

To-warde, adj. present, as a guard or protection, PP. (To- 1.)

To-wawe, v. to move about near, S2. (To- 1.)

Towker, sb. a fuller; see Tokker.

To-wringen, v. to distort; towrong, pt. s., S. (To- 2.)

To-wrye, v. to cause to go on one side, S3 (4. 164) (To- 2.)

To3*eines, prep, towards, S; see To-*genes.

To-3*ere, adv. this year, Cath. (To- 1.)

To-3*esceoden, v. to separate, S. (To- 2.)

Trace, sb. track of a way over a field, trace, Prompt., C, SkD; tras, PP; trass, S2.

Tracen., v. to trace, to draw a picture, to trace one’s way, to conduct oneself, Prompt., CM, S3; trasen, S3.—­OF. tracer (trasser); Late Lat. *_tractiare_, from Lat. tract-, base of pp. of trahere; see BH, ASec. 131.

Trade, sb. a trodden path, S3, TG, SkD, HD.  See Treden.

Tradicion, sb. surrender, S3.—­Lat. traditionem.  Cf. Tresoun.

Traitorye, sb. treachery, C3, CM.

Traitour, sb. traitor, S; traytour, S; treitur, S.—­AF. traitur; Lat. traditorem.

Tram, sb. engine, machine, WA; tram-*mys, pl., B.

Trappe, sb. the trappings of a horse, SkD; trappys, pl., SkD.

Trapped, adj. adorned with trappings, C, Prompt.

Trappings, sb. pl. ornaments, Sh.

Trappure, sb. trappings of a horse, Prompt.; trappures, pl., C.

Trauail, sb. work, labour, toil, trouble, S2, PP; trauaille, C2; trawayle, S2; trauell, S2; trauel, W, W2, H (Ps. 108. 10).—­AF. travail, travaille; Late Lat. trabaculum_; from Lat. _trabem_, a beam; cp.  It. _travAiglio_, a frame for confining unruly horses.  See ~Trave~.

Trauaille, v. to work, toil, travel, trouble, vex, torment, PP; traueilen, W, S2; trauele, W, W2.—­AF. travai(l)ler, to work, to vex.  See above.

Trauailous, adj. laborious, W2.

Trave, sb. a frame in which farriers confine unruly horses, CM.  See Trauail.

Trawed, pt. pl. trowed, expected, S2; see Trowen.

Tray, sb. vexation; see Tre3*e.

Trays, sb. pl. traces, horse-harness, C; trayce, Prompt.; trayse, Cath.—­OF. trays, horse-harness (Palsg.) for traits, pl., of traict a trace for horses (Cotg.); Lat. tractum, pp. of trahere.

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