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.

Twinging, sb. affliction, S2.

Twinken, v. to wink, Prompt., G.

Twinklen, v. to twinkle, Prompt.

Twinne, num. two apiece, two at a time, S; twynne, S2; tuin, S2.—­Icel. tvinnr.

Twinnen, v. to separate, C2; twynnen, S2, S3, H; twyne, S3; twyn, S2, H; tuyn, H; twynned, pt. pl., PP, S3.

Twyes, adv. twice, S2, C2, C3, PP.—­Formed with suffix _-es_ on AS. twA-wa.  See Tweye.

Twyste, sb. bough, Cath., S3; twist, B, S2, C2, CM; twest, S3.—­Cp.  ODu. twist.

Twyste, v. to strip the boughs, de-frondare, Cath.

Twyster (of trees), sb. a stripper of boughs, defrondator, Cath.

Tycement, sb. enticement, HD.

Tycen, v. to entice, instigate, provoke, Prompt., Manip., S; tisen, PP; tyse, HD (s.v. tise).  See Atisen.

Tykel, adj. unsteady, uncertain, CM.

Tyle, sb. tile, Prompt.; tyil, Prompt.; tyyl, S2. Comb.:  tyle-stone, tile, brick, Prompt.; tiyl-stoon (= Lat. testa), W2.—­AS. tigele; Lat. tegula.

Tymber, sb. timber, wood for building, Voc., PP; tymbre, PP.—­AS. timber.

Tymbre, v. to frame, build, PP; timbrin, S, S2.—­AS. timbrian:  Goth, timr-jan ; cp.  OHG. zimbrA cubedn (Tatian).

Tymbre, sb. the crest of a helmet, also a helmet, WA; timber, Cotg.; tymbrys, pl., B.—­OF. timbre (Cotg.); Lat. tympanum; Gr. [Greek:  tympanon]; cp.  SkD (s.v. timbrel).

Tyme, sb. time, due season, S, C2, C3, PP; tyme, pl., C2; tymes, C2. Comb.:  tymeful, seasonable, early, W; timliche, quickly, S.—­AS. tA-ma; cp.  Icel. tA-mi.

Tymen, v. to betide, S2.—­AS. (ge)-tA-mian.

Tynd, sb. the tine or prong of a deer’s horn, the spike of a harrow, JD, SkD; tyndis, S3.—­AS. tind (Voc.); cp.  Icel. tindr.

Tyne, adj. tiny, WA.

Tyne, sb. prickle, Prompt.

Tyne, v. to lose, S2, PP, H; tine, S2, H; tynt, pp., S2, PP, H. Der.:  tynsil, loss, ruin, H; tinsill, H.—­Icel. tA1/2na, to lose, to destroy, tA1/2nask, to perish, from tjA cubedn, loss, damage.

Tynen, v. to enclose, S2; tinen, S; tunen, S.—­AS. tA1/2nan, from tAn.  See Toun.

Tynken, v. to ring, tinkle, W.

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