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.
Thixil, _sb._ == an adze. Ps. lxxiii. 6; but the AS. þixl seems only to
mean ‘the shaft of a waggon.’ In Wright’s Vocab. p. 275, we find ‘acia’
(i. e. ascia), translated ‘a tyxhyl’
Tho, _adv._ == then. RG. 384
---- == when. O. and N. 1688
---- == though, _q. v._
Thole, _v. a._ == endure. RG. 407, 509; part. ‘ytholed.’ RG. 24. AS.
þólian
Tholemod, _adj._ == long-suffering. Alys. 393. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. AS.
þólmód
Thong, _sb._ RG. 115
Thonk, _sb._ == thought. O. and N. 490
---- == will; ‘hire thonkes,’ gen. abs. == with her will. O. and N. 70,
292 B. M. Ode, st. 43. AS. þonc, þanc
Thonkyng, _sb._ == thought. ‘heore thonkyng.’ Alys. 1660
Thore, _v. n._ == dare. 581 β. 2 s. pres. ‘therstou.’ 585 β; pret.
‘therste.’ 895 B. ON. þora
---- _v. n._ == need. 120 β. 3 s. pres. ‘tharf.’ O. and N. 190; ‘thar.’
Ritson’s AS. viii. 57. AS. þearfan. Germ. dürfen
Thore. See There
Thore, ‘on thore lay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 95; probably, ‘on or according to
the law.’ ‘Thore’ is the dat. sing. of the def. art. AS. þǽre
Thorn, _sb._ 389 β
Thornback, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 759
Thorough, _prep._ See Through
Thoroughly, _adv._ == going right through. HD. 680
Thoste, _sb._ == dung. Pol. S. 237; Ps. lxxxii. 11. AS. þost
Thou, _sing._ N. ‘thou.’ RG. 115; ‘thu.’ O. and N. 71; ‘thow.’ Alys. 3371
G. ‘thin.’ ‘maugre thin.’ HD. 1128
A. ‘the.’ 424 B.
_plur._ N. ‘ȝe.’ 26 B.
A. ‘ȝou.’ 583 β; ‘eu.’ O. and N. 1791; ‘ow.’ Ibid. 1696
Though, _adv._ [tho]. RG. 371; [thei]. RG. 64; [thah], O. and N. 1272;
[thof]. Creed of St Athan. 79; [theȝ]. 156 B.
Thought, _sb._ 38 and 41 B. Ps. cxviii. 97
---- == care, anxiety. RG. 506. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Thoure, perhaps for ‘þo were.’ RG. 534, sed qu?
Thousand, _adj._ RG. 368, 454
---- _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 72
Thowen, _adj._ == virtuous. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw
Thraldom, _sb._ RG. 12, 480
Thralhede, _sb._ == thraldom. RG. 47
Thrall, _sb._ == a slave. HD. 1097. AS. þræl
---- == subjection, servitude. RG. 143
Thraying, _part._ == chastening. Ps. lxxii. 14; [ȝraihand]. Ps. cxvii. 18.
AS. þreagan
Threat, _v. a._ RG. 110; pret. ‘thrat.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 53; part.
‘thrat.’ Pol. S. 158
---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Threaten, _v. a._ RG. 457; 501
Threating, _sb._ 2107 B.
Threde, _v. a._ == either ‘dread’ or ‘threaten.’ 2107 B. Numerous examples
of the interchange of ‘th’ and ‘d’ may be found in the Romance of Lybeaus
Disconus, in Ritson’s Rom. vol. ii.; as ‘thoghty’ for ‘doughty,’ ‘tho’ for
‘do,’ &c.
Three. RG. 371; [thrinne]. HD. 716
Threpe, _v. a._ == convict, refute. Ps. xciii. 10. AS. þreapian
Threstelcock, _sb._ == thrush. Wright’s L. P. pp. 40, 43
Threte, == destroyed, worn out? Wright’s L. P. p. 23. From AS. ‘þroten,’
part. of ‘þreotan,’ to vex, oppress, wear out
Thrice, _adv._ RG. 490; [thrye]. RG. 191
Thrie, _sb._ == affliction. HD. 730. AS. þryccan, þrycnes
Thriddendele, _sb._ == third part. Alys. 5161
Thrift, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47
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