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.
Thring, _v. n._ == push, press. O. and N. 794. AS. þringan
---- _v. a._ == dash to pieces. Ps. lxxii. 20; pret. ‘thrange.’ Ps.
lxxvii. 59; part. ‘thrungen.’ Ps. lxxii. 22; ‘ithrunge.’ O. and N. 38
Thrinnes, _sb._ == Trinity. Creed of St Athan. 10, 11. AS. þrínes
Thriste, _adj._ == bold. O. and N. 758. AS. þrist
Thrive, _v. n._ RG. 11. ON. þrífaz. Dan. trives
Thrivemon, _sb._ == a thrifty man. Pol. S. 159
Thriven, _adj._ == virtuous, good. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 26; ‘thriven and
thro.’ Body and Soul, 87; ‘thryven in thro.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 26, and see
p. 39
Thro, _adj._ == bold, good. See under Thriven. AS. þreá
Throat, _sb._ Body and Soul, 148. AS. þróte
Throatbolle, _sb._ == windpipe. Rel. S. v. 173. AS. þrótbolla
Throe, _sb._ [thrawe]. Alys. 606. AS. þreág
Throghe, _sb._ == pit, sepulchre. Ps. lxvii. 7; lxxxvii. 5. AS. þruh
Throne, _sb._ 2343 B.; [trone]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 47
Throng, _sb._ Alys. 3639. AS. þringan
Through, _prep._ == on account of. [thurf]. 21 B.; [thurs]. O. and N. 821;
[thurch]. O. and N. 1396
---- == by means of. [thurth]. O. and N. 1426
---- == throughout (of time). [thurȝ]. O. and N. 447
---- == throughout (of place). [þoru]. RG. 373
---- == throughout. [þoru]. RG. 367
Throughgo, _v. n._ Ps. c. 2; pret. ‘thurghyhode.’ Ps. civ. 18
Throughout, _prep._ [þoru out]. RG. 416
---- _adv._ == entirely. O. and N. 877, 878; [thurfout]. 262 B.
Throw, _sb._ == a space of time. RG. 261; hence ‘a turn.’ O. and N. 260.
AS. þrag
Throw, _v. a._ Rel. S. i. 37; pret. ‘threw.’ K. Horn, 1108; part.
‘ithrow.’ F. and P. 14
---- == throw from a horse. Alys. 2226; pret. ‘threowe.’ Alys. 2791
---- _v. n._ == fall from a horse. Alys. 2224
Throwing, _sb._ == unhorsing a knight. Alys. 1614
Thrughe, == a pit. See Throghe
Thrush, _sb._ [thruisse], Cok. 94
Thrust, _v. a._ == push out. HD. 1152
Thrustle, _sb._ == throstle, or thrush. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Thulke, == this. RG. 373, 549; == that. RG. 412. From AS. þylc, i. e.
þyllíc, the like. It is not used in AS. for the dem. pron., but occurs in
Laȝamon in this sense
Thuman, _sb._ == yeoman. RG. 470
Thund, _adv._ == yonder. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21
Thunder, _sb._ RG. 378
---- _v. n._ Ps. xvii. 14
Thundering, _sb._ RG. 414
Thursday. RG. 419, 532
Thurte, _adv._ == athwart, across, astride. HD. 10. AS. þweor
Thus, _adv._ RG. 443
Thuster, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 198. AS. þýstru
Thusterness, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 369; [thisterness]. HD. 2191
Thuvele, _sb._ == twigs, underwood. O. and N. 278. AS. þúfe
Thy, _adj._ RG. 238; [thire]. O. and N. 429
Tide, _sb._ == time. 37 β. AS. tíd
---- _v. n._ == happen. RG. 418. 1813 B.; [itid]. O. and N. 1254; 3 s.
pres. ‘tid.’ RG. 134
Tideful, _adj._ == opportune. Ps. xxxi. 6
Tiding, _sb._ == news. RG. 383, 441
Tie, _v. a._ part. ‘iteid.’ 521 β
Tiger, _sb._ Alys. 5227
Tike, _sb._ == dog. Pol. S. 238. ON. tík
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