Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Þerue, unleavened, B. 635. Prov.E. _therf_, _tharf_, _thar_. A.S.
_theorf_, _therf_.
Þester, darkness, B. 1775. A.S. _theostru_. See T. B. 2362.
Þewe, virtue, B. 1436; C. 30; ordinances, B. 544, 755.
Þewed, virtuous, B. 733.
Þewes, thieves, B. 1142.
Þikker, oftener, C. 6.
Þirled, pierced, B. 952.
Þo, the (_pl._), B. 635; those, A. 557.
Þole, suffer, A. 344; B. 190; C. 6. A.S. _thólian_, to suffer, endure.
Þonc, _sb._ thank, A. 901.
Þonkke, _vb._ thank, B. 745.
Þore, there, A. 562.
Þorpe, city, B. 1178. O.N. _thorp_.
Þorȝ, through. See _Þurȝ_.
Þoȝ, though, A. 345.
Þoȝt, seemed, A. 153; B. 562.
Þoȝt, imagination, B. 516.
Þrad, reproached, tormented, B. 751. A.S. _threagan_ (_pret. threáde_,
_p.p._ _thread_), to blame, vex, torment.
Þrange, pierce, A. 17. See _Þrenge_.
Þrast, stroke, thrust, B. 952.
Þrat, vexation, torment, C. 55. A.S. _threat_, threat; _threatian_, to
vex, distress.
Þratten (_3d pers. pl. pret._) threatened, B. 937.
Þrawe, to reach, B. 590.
Þrawen, close, thick, B. 1775.
Þrenge, press, crowd after, follow, B. 930; pass, C. 354. A.S.
_thringan_, to press, crowd, throng. O.N. _threnga_.
Þrep, contradiction, B. 350. N.Prov.E. _threap_, _threpe_, to dispute.
A.S. _threapian_, to reprove, chide.
“_Withoutyn threp_ more.” --(T. B. 1127.)
Þrepyng, _sb._ strife, B. 183. A.S. _threapung_.
{Þret, Þrete,} threaten, A. 561; B. 680, 1728.
Þretty, thirty, B. 751.
Þreuenest, wisest, noblest, B. 1571.
Þro, anger, B. 754; C. 6; angry, A. 344. N.Prov.E. _thro_, keen,
eager. O.N. _thrá_.
“Be þou noght in þi hert so _thra_.” --(MS. Harl. 4196. fol. 94.)
Cf. “his _throo_ hert,” T. B. 147. “A _throo_ (bold) knight.”
_Ib._ 1482.
Þro, good, A. 868.
Þro, sharply, quickly, B. 220. A.S. _threá_.
Þro, thoroughly, B. 1805.
Þroble, press, B. 879.
Þroly, fiercely, quickly, B. 180, 514.
“_Throly_ he thoght in his hert.” --(T. B. 209.)
{Þrong, Þronge,} _sb._ crowd, B. 135, 504, 754.
Þrongen (_3d pers. pl. pret._ of _thringe_), crowded, pressed,
B. 1775.
“Mony thoughtes full thro _thronge_ in hir brest.” --(T. B. 470.)
Þrublande, pressing, B. 504. See _Þroble_.
{Þrwen, Þrowen,} thrown, B. 220, 504.
Þrych, through, A. 17. O.Sc. _throuch_.
{Þryd, Þryde, Þrydde,} third, A. 833; B. 249, 300, 1639.
Þryeȝ, thrice, B. 429.
Þrynge, press, B. 180; follow, B. 1639. See _Þrenge_.
Þrynne, three, B. 606, 1727.
Þryuande, good, pure, B. 751. See T. B. 1482.
Þryue, prosper, thrive, B. 249; C. 521.
Þryuen, prudent, wise, A. 868, 1192; grown up, adult, B. 298;
_þryuenest_, wisest, noblest, B. 1639.
Þryȝt, thrust, pressed, thronged, A. 670, 706, 926; B. 135; Cf.
_thriccing_ of hondys. T. B. 1522. A.S. _thryccan_ (_pret._
_thrycte_), to thrust, press, tread on.
Þurȝ, through, A. 670.
Þykke, closely, B. 504.
Þyȝe, thigh, B. 1687.
To, toe, C. 229.
To-cleues, separate, B. 1806.
To-corue (_3d pers. pl.
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