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.

Trey, sb. a throw at dice, viz. three, SkD; treye, C3. Comb.:  trey-ace, the throw of three and one; a quick exclamation, S3.—­OF. trei, treis; Lat. tre*s.

Tre3*e, sb. affliction, grief, SD; trei3*e, S; treie, S; treye, S2; tray, vexation, B.—­AS. trega; cp.  Icel. tregi, Goth, trigo.

Tre3*en, v. to afflict, SD.

Triacle, sb. a remedy, healing medicine, S2, PP, C3, NQ (6.  I. 308); tryacle, Voc., PP, NQ; treacle, TG, Prompt.; tryakill, S3.—­OF. trA-acle (Bartsch); Lat. theriaca, lit. an antidote against the bite of serpents; cp.  Gr. [Greek:  thaeriaka pharmaka].  For examples of the intrusive l see Cronicle.

Triblen, v. to trouble, H; see Trublen.

Tricherie, sb. treachery, trickery, S, PP, S2; trecherie, PP; trechery, S; treccherie, C.—­AF. tricherie; from OF. tricher, trecher, to cheat; Late Lat. tricare for Lat. tricari.

Trick, adj. neat, elegant, ND; trig, JD.—­For the voicing of the guttural in North.E. cp. prigmedainty (JD), with prickmedainty or prickmedenty (HD); see SkD (s.vv. prig, trigger).

Trien, v. to try, PP; tri3*ede, pp., S2, PP; i-tri3*ed, S2; itri3*et, S2; y-tried, PP; y-tryed, PP; tried, pp. as adj., choice, PP; trye, PP, C2; triedest, superl., S2, PP; trieste, PP; tryest, PP; triedliche, adv., excellently, PP; tri3*ely, PP, S2; trielich, P.—­AF. trier; Late Lat. tritare, to thresh corn.

Triennels, sb. pl. masses said for three years, PP; triennales, P.—­OF. triennal; Church Lat. triennale.

Trillen, v. to turn round and round, to trickle, CM, Prompt., C2.  S3, Sh., SkD; tryll, Palsg.; tril, Manip.—­Cp.  Swed. trilla, to roll.

Trinal, adj. threefold, RD; trinall, Spenser, 1. Comb.:  trinal triplicities, SkD.—­Late Lat. trinalis.

Trine, adj. taken three at a time, ND. Comb.:  trine aspect (in astrology), SkD, ND; tryne compas, the round world containing earth, sea, and heaven, C3—­OF, trine; Lat. trinum.

Trinite, sb.  Trinity, S2, PP; Trinitee, PP.—­AF. Trinite, Trinitet; Church Lat. Trinitatem.

Trisen, v. to hoist up, to trice, to pull off, SkD; tryce, C2; trice, CM. Der.:  tryyste, tryys, windlass, Prompt.—­Cp.  Dan. tridse, to haul up, to trice, Swed. trissa, a pulley.  The final _-se_ is the same as in E. clean-se.

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