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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

pret._), slit, ript up, B. 1250.
  Token, betoken, B. 1557.
  To-kerue, divide, B. 1700.
  {Tole, Tool,} tool, B. 1108, 1342.
  {Tolk, Tolkke, Tulkke,} man, B. 687, 757. _Tolk_, like _segge_,
    signified originally a speaker, an interpreter. O.N. _túlka_, to
    explain, interpret; _túlkr_, an interpreter, a mediator. See
    T. B. 63.
  Tom, (1) leisure, A. 134; opportunity, B. 1153; interval, C. 135;
    (2) time, A. 585. O.Sw. and O.N. _tóm_. “_Toom_ oportunitas.”
    (Prompt. Parv.)
      “Tharfore þis _tyme_ I may noght cum
      Telle þi lord I haue no _tome_.”
        --(MS. Harl, 4196, fol. 105.)
    In T. B. 1088, we have _tomly_.
  To-marred, spoilt, B. 1114.
  To-murte, crushed to pieces, C. 150. See _murte_, T. B. 6128.
  Tonne (or toune?), conceive, B. 655.
  Top, head, C. 229.
  Topace, topaz, B. 1469.
  Tor, tower, A. 966.
  Tor, hard, A. 1109. O.N. _tor_. Sans. _dus_, hard, difficult. Cf. O.E.
    _torfer_, hardship, T. B. 81.
      “But this tyme is so _tore_.” --(T. B. 645.)
  {To-rente, To-rent,} rent asunder, A. 1136; B. 368; C. 96.
  To-riuen, torn away, A. 1197.
  Tormenttour, B. 154.
  To-rof (_pret._ of _to-riue_), burst, B. 964; C. 379.
  Torreȝ, towers, A. 875,
  Toter, totter, C. 233.
  Toteȝ = totȝ, toes; Cf. _gotȝ_ = goes, etc., B. 41.
  To-torne, torn, B. 41.
  Totȝ, goes, A. 513. Sw. _tota_.
  Tour, tower, B. 216.
  Tourneȝ = turns, devices, B. 192.
  Tow, two, B. 866.
      “_Two_ pyllers he pight in a place low.” --(T. B. 310.)
  To-walten, overflowed (_3d pers. pl._), B. 428.
  Towche, to relate, deliver a message, speak, A. 898; B. 1437.
      “Litille kyngis there come . . . . .
      _Touches_ titly thair tale and tribute him askis.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 31.)
  Towche, _sb._ touch, C. 252.
  Towe, C. 100.
  Towen, drawn, A. 251.
  Toȝe, tough, B. 630.
  Toȝt, firm, binding, A. 522.
  Tra, high (?), B. 211, or (?) _tor_, great, difficult of access.
      “This castel es o luve and grace,
      Bath o socur and o solace,
      Apon the mathe it standes traist;
      O fede ne dredes it na fraist;
      It is hei sett upon þe crag,
      _Trai_ and hard wituten hag.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 55a.)
  Tramme, tackle, gear? C. 101. In the northern Romance of Alexander,
    p. 5, _tramme_ signifies an instrument (optical).
      “He toke _trammes_ him with to tute (look) in the sternes.”
  Tras = trace, path, course, A. 1113. “_Trace_, a streyght way,
    _trace_.” (Palsg.)
  Trasches = trauses or trossers, drawers or trousers? B. 40.
  Trauayle, _sb._ labour, C. 505; _vb._ A. 550; C. 498.
  Trave = trawe, believe, B. 587.
  Trauerce = traverse, B. 1473.
  {Traw, Trawe,} = trow, believe, suppose, A. 282, 295; B. 655, 1335,
    1686. See T. B. 298.
  Trawande, believing, B. 662.
  {Trawþe, Trauþe,} truth, A. 495; B. 63, 667; belief, 1490, 1703.
  Trayled, B. 1473.
  Traysoun, treason, B. 187.
  {Trayþly, Trayþely,} certainly, surely? B. 907, 1137. If _trayþly_ be

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

pret._), slit, ript up, B. 1250.
  Token, betoken, B. 1557.
  To-kerue, divide, B. 1700.
  {Tole, Tool,} tool, B. 1108, 1342.
  {Tolk, Tolkke, Tulkke,} man, B. 687, 757. _Tolk_, like _segge_,
    signified originally a speaker, an interpreter. O.N. _túlka_, to
    explain, interpret; _túlkr_, an interpreter, a mediator. See
    T. B. 63.
  Tom, (1) leisure, A. 134; opportunity, B. 1153; interval, C. 135;
    (2) time, A. 585. O.Sw. and O.N. _tóm_. “_Toom_ oportunitas.”
    (Prompt. Parv.)
      “Tharfore þis _tyme_ I may noght cum
      Telle þi lord I haue no _tome_.”
        --(MS. Harl, 4196, fol. 105.)
    In T. B. 1088, we have _tomly_.
  To-marred, spoilt, B. 1114.
  To-murte, crushed to pieces, C. 150. See _murte_, T. B. 6128.
  Tonne (or toune?), conceive, B. 655.
  Top, head, C. 229.
  Topace, topaz, B. 1469.
  Tor, tower, A. 966.
  Tor, hard, A. 1109. O.N. _tor_. Sans. _dus_, hard, difficult. Cf. O.E.
    _torfer_, hardship, T. B. 81.
      “But this tyme is so _tore_.” --(T. B. 645.)
  {To-rente, To-rent,} rent asunder, A. 1136; B. 368; C. 96.
  To-riuen, torn away, A. 1197.
  Tormenttour, B. 154.
  To-rof (_pret._ of _to-riue_), burst, B. 964; C. 379.
  Torreȝ, towers, A. 875,
  Toter, totter, C. 233.
  Toteȝ = totȝ, toes; Cf. _gotȝ_ = goes, etc., B. 41.
  To-torne, torn, B. 41.
  Totȝ, goes, A. 513. Sw. _tota_.
  Tour, tower, B. 216.
  Tourneȝ = turns, devices, B. 192.
  Tow, two, B. 866.
      “_Two_ pyllers he pight in a place low.” --(T. B. 310.)
  To-walten, overflowed (_3d pers. pl._), B. 428.
  Towche, to relate, deliver a message, speak, A. 898; B. 1437.
      “Litille kyngis there come . . . . .
      _Touches_ titly thair tale and tribute him askis.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 31.)
  Towche, _sb._ touch, C. 252.
  Towe, C. 100.
  Towen, drawn, A. 251.
  Toȝe, tough, B. 630.
  Toȝt, firm, binding, A. 522.
  Tra, high (?), B. 211, or (?) _tor_, great, difficult of access.
      “This castel es o luve and grace,
      Bath o socur and o solace,
      Apon the mathe it standes traist;
      O fede ne dredes it na fraist;
      It is hei sett upon þe crag,
      _Trai_ and hard wituten hag.”
        --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 55a.)
  Tramme, tackle, gear? C. 101. In the northern Romance of Alexander,
    p. 5, _tramme_ signifies an instrument (optical).
      “He toke _trammes_ him with to tute (look) in the sternes.”
  Tras = trace, path, course, A. 1113. “_Trace_, a streyght way,
    _trace_.” (Palsg.)
  Trasches = trauses or trossers, drawers or trousers? B. 40.
  Trauayle, _sb._ labour, C. 505; _vb._ A. 550; C. 498.
  Trave = trawe, believe, B. 587.
  Trauerce = traverse, B. 1473.
  {Traw, Trawe,} = trow, believe, suppose, A. 282, 295; B. 655, 1335,
    1686. See T. B. 298.
  Trawande, believing, B. 662.
  {Trawþe, Trauþe,} truth, A. 495; B. 63, 667; belief, 1490, 1703.
  Trayled, B. 1473.
  Traysoun, treason, B. 187.
  {Trayþly, Trayþely,} certainly, surely? B. 907, 1137. If _trayþly_ be

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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