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.

Tynkere, sb. tinker, PP.

Tynsale, sb. loss, harm, B. See Tyne.

Tyred, pp. attired, dressed, S2; see Atyren. [Addition]

Tysane, sb. a drink, Prompt.—­OF. tisane, barley-water; Lat. ptisana, pearl-barley, also barley-water; Gr. [Greek:  ptisanh].

Tysyk, sb. consumption, S2, Prompt.; tysike, Cath.—­OF. tisique (Bartsch); Lat. phthisica, consumptive disease; from Gr. [Greek:  phthisis] decay; cp.  It. tisica.

Tyyl, sb. tile, S2; see Tyle.

U, V (vowel).

Uggen, v. to dread, to shudder at, HD; ug, H; huge, H; uggis, pr. s., H; uggid, pt. s., H.—­Icel. ugga.

Uggynge, sb. shuddering, horror, H.

Ugly, adv. dreadful, horrible, H, SkD; uglike, SkD.—­Icel. uggligr.

Ugsom, adj. frightful, SkD (s.v. ugly).

Uhte, sb. the part of the night before daybreak; u3*ten, dat., S, SD.—­AS. Ahte:  OS. uhta:  Goth. uhtwo; cp.  OHG. uohta, Icel. A cubedtta, see Weigand (s.v. ucht), and Fick, 7. 9.

Uhten-tid, sb. early morning-time, SD.

Uht-song, sb. morning-chant, matins, SD.—­AS. uht-sang.

Ulke, adj. the same, S; see Ilke.

Umbe, prep. about, around, WA, S; ummbenn, S; embe, S.—­AS. ymbe (embe):  OHG. umbi (Otfrid), OS. umbi.

Vmbe-cast, v. to cast about, consider, ponder, B; umbekestez, pr. s., S2.

Umbe-grouen, pp. grown all round, S2.

Umbelappe, v. to surround, WA.  See Umlap.

Vmbe-set, v. to beset, B; umbeset, pt. s., B; vmset, S2; umbeset, pp., B; umsett, H, HD; vmset, S2.—­AS. ymb-sittan.

Vmbe-stount, adv. sometimes, B; um-*stunt, H.—­AS. ymbe + stund.

Umbe-A3/4enken, v. to bethink, meditate, S; umthink, H; vmbethinkis 3*ow, imp. pl. refl., B; umbithoghte, pt. s., HD; vmbethoucht, B.—­AS. ymb-A3/4encan.

Umbe-weround, pp. environed, B.

Umbe-while, adv. sometime, at times, S; umwhile, H, HD; umwile, S; vm-*quhile, B; umquile, WA.

Um-ga, v. to go about, H.

Um-gang, sb. circuit, S2, H.—­AS. ymb-gang.

Um-gifen, v. to surround, H; vmgaf, pt. pl., S2, H.

Um-gripen, v. to surround; vm-griped, pt. pl., S2.

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