A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Thereby, _adv._ [tharbi]. O. and N. 244
Therefore, _adv._ RG. 115; [thar forn]. Ps. xxxi. 4
Therefrom, _adv._ RG. 352
Therehence, _adv._ 1145 B.
Therein, _adv._ RG. 387
Thereof, _adv._ 100 B.; [thurof]. O. and N. 190
Thereon, _adv._ 546 B.
Thereout, _adv._ RG. 537
Thereover, _adv._ 516 B.
Therethrough, _adv._ 75 B.
Thereto, _adv._ 37 B.
Thereupon, _adv._ RG. 393
Therewith, _adv._ 272 B.
Therewithout, _adv._ 439 B.
Therne, _sb._ == a girl. HD. 298; O. Sax. therna. In the Avowyng of
Arthur, st. 23, the word occurs under the form ‘thorne’
Thertekene, == mark thereto. HD. 2878. AS. tacnian
Thestri, _sb._ for ‘the estrie’ == the apparition, i. e. of the heavenly
host. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Fr. estrie
Thethen, == thence, _q. v._
Thevethorn, _sb._ == dog rose or wild briar Ps. lvii. 10. AS. þefe-þorn
Thew, _adj._ == in servitude. HD. 262, 221 B. AS. þeow
---- _vb._ See Underthewe
Thewes, _sb._ == manners, morals. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw
Theymen, _sb._ == thew men or yeomen. RG. 330
Theyn, _sb._ == teen, hurt? Rel. Ant. i. 113
Thick, _adj._ RG. 412; used of air. Alys. 4079
---- _v. n._ == become thick. Alys. 3855. Fr. Sci. 309
Thief, _sb._ RG. 277, 428
Thiefly, _adv._ [theofliche]. 285 β. Alys. 4002
Thigg, _v. n._ == beg. Ps. cviii. 10. HD. 1373. AS. þicgan, to receive
Thiggand, _sb._ == beggar. Ps. xxxix. 18
Thigh, _sb._ [thy], RG. 244; [theo]. O. and N. 1495; pl. ‘thyes.’ RG. 417;
‘thes.’ HD. 1903. AS. þeoh
Thild, _sb._ == endurance. Ps. ix. 19. AS. þyld
Thin, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [thunne]. Ibid. p. 47
Thin. See Thou
Thine, _adj._ before a cons. RG. 238
Thing, _sb._ RG. 367, 379. AS. þing
---- == cause, reason; ‘for mine thinge’ == for my sake. O. and N. 434
Think, _v. n._ RG. 397; [ithenche]. O. and N. 723; pret. ‘thoȝte.’ RG.
369; part. ‘ithoȝt.’ 110 B. 1378 B.; AS. þencan
Think, _v. n._ == seem. 3 s. pres. ‘thunth.’ O. and N. 1590; ‘thinȝth.’
Fr. Sci. 96; ‘me thunch.’ O. and N. 1647; ‘me thuncth.’ O. and N. 1670;
pret. ‘thoȝte.’ 10 B.; 16 B. AS. þincan
Thinking, _sb._ == thought. Ps. xviii. 15
Thinly, _adv._ Alys. 5922
Thinne, _v. a._ == extend. Ps. lix. 10; cvii. 10. AS. þenian
Third, _adj._ [þrydde]. RG. 397
Thire, _adj._ == thy. O. and N. 429
Thirle, _v. a._ == pierce. Wright’s L. P. p. 88. AS. þirlian
---- _sb._ == hole, hence a privy chamber. Ps. civ. 30. AS. þirel
Thirst, _sb._ [virst]. Body and Soul, 87
Thirteen. RG. 390
Thirteenth, _adj._ [thretteoth], 330 β
Thirtieth, _adj._ RG. 441
Thirty. RG. 375
This, _dem. pron._
_sing._ N. RG. 367
D. ‘thisse.’ O. and N. 659; ‘þusse.’ M. Ode, 172
A. ‘this.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; ‘thas.’ O. and N. 1440
_plur._ N. This == these. Wright’s L. P. p. 42; ‘thuse.’ Fr. Sci. 122
D. and A. ‘thenne.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Thisterness, _sb._ == darkness. HD. 2191. AS. þýsternes. Germ. finsterniss
Thit, == that. HD. 2990
Thither, _adv._ [þuder]. RG. 543, 387
Thitherward. RG. 387
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