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.
Tofye, _v. n._ == dissolve in corruption. Wright’s L. P. p. 101. ON.
fægja, to clean out. See ‘Defyyn’ and ‘Fyin’ in the Prompt. Parv., and the
notes there
Together, _adv._ RG. 435; [togare]. K. Horn, 876
Tognaw, _v. a._ Alys. 6119
Tognide, _v. a._ == dash, bruise; pret. ‘tognodded.’ Ps. ci. 11. AS.
gnídan
Togo, _v. n._ 3 pl. pret. ‘togane.’ Ps. ii. 2
Tohene, _v. a._ == vex, scorn. O. and N. 1127. AS. hýnan
Tohew, _v. a._ RG. 540; pret. ‘tohewe.’ Alys. 5704
Token, _sb._ RG. 291
Tokening, _sb._ == a token, or sign. RG. 396
---- == making signs. Alys. 6439
Toknit, _v. a._ Ps. cxlvi. 3
Tolene, _part._ == lent. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Toll, _sb._ == tax. Pol. S. 237. Alys. 3795. AS. tól
Toll, _v. a._ == tull, allure. O. and N. 1625. ON. túlka, allicere
Tolonst, _part._ == lanced, pierced. Alys. 1621
Tolyvre, _v. a._ == deliver. Pol. S. 237
Tomb, _sb._ RG. 224
Tome, _sb._ == leisure. RG. 557. ON. tóm
---- _adj._ == vain, useless. O. and N. 1670. AS. tom. ON. tómr
Tomehed, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xxiv. 4; xxxiv. 7
Tomorrow. 898 B.
Tomourn, _v. n._ == mourn. Wright’s L. P. p. 86
Toname, _sb._ == surname. RG. 431. The reading ‘tuo name’ is clearly an
error
Tone. See Teen
Tong, _sb._ O. and N. 156. pl. ‘tangen,’ 475 β. AS. tange
Tongue, _sb._ 645 B.
Toningue ? Creed of St Athan. 18. Possibly a mistake for ‘theoning.’ AS.
þeonung, power
Too, _adv._ [to] ‘to fewe.’ 174 B.
Tool, _sb._ == sword. Alys. 815
Tooth, _sb._ RG. 407
Toothed, _adj._ Alys. 5408
Top, _sb._ == spinning top. Alys. 1706. Dan. top
Top, _sb._ == a lock or curl of wool. O. and N. 428. AS. top
Top, _sb._ == head. Marg. 47
---- == summit. 339 β ON. toppr
Top, _v. n._ == wrestle, fight together. Pilate, 15. Dut. toppen. Kil.
Topaziune, _sb._ == topaz. Cok. 90. Ps. cxviii. 127
Toqueme, _adv._ == agreeably. Creed of St Athan. 5. See Gloss. to Orm. _s.
v._ tocweme
Toraced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 22. ON. rekja, part. rakit, to
undo, unweave
Toraunced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 216. This is probably only
another form of the preceding word
Toreave, _v. a._ == tear; pret. ‘torof.’ RG. 29
Torede, _v. a._ HD. 118
Torel, _sb._ == tower. Alys. 3239
Torend, _v. a._ Alys. 6622, 7881
Torforth, == multitudes? Alys. 3205. W. torf
Torive, _v. a._ == split. Alys. 6217; part. ‘toriven.’ HD. 1954
Torment, _sb._ St Andrew, 18. St Kath. 165
Tormenting, _sb._ St Andrew, 57
Tormentor, _sb._ St Andrew, 81
Tort. See Turd
Toshake, _v. a._ O. and N. 1645
Toshene, _v. a._ == destroy. O. and N. 1118. AS. to-scǽnan
Toshiver, _v. n._ Alys. 2728
---- _v. a._ HD. 1993
Toslit, _v. a._ O. and N. 694
Tospill, _v. a._ Ps. xliii. 8
Tospread, _v. a._ RG. 160
Toswolle, _part._ == swollen. Pol. S. 157
Tote, _v. n._ == look, spy. HD. 2104. Swed. titta
Totear, _v. a._ Alys. 6297; pret. ‘totare.’ Alys. 4658; part. ‘totorn.’
HD. 1948
Tothriste, _adj._ == very bold. O. and N. 171. AS. þrist
Tothute, _vb._ pret. == thou hast confounded. Ps. xiii. 6. AS. þýwan?
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