{ Tais, 1095, 3005, Taiis, 1141. } takes. Abbreviated, as “ma” is
from “make.”
See _Ma_.
Tane, taken, 264.
Ten, grief, vexation, 2646, 3237.
A.S. _teonan_, to vex.
Tennandis, tennants, vassals holding fiefs, 1729.
R. _tenancier_.
Than, then, 3111.
The, (1) they, (2) thee, (3) thy.
Thelke, that, 709.
See l. 629, where _the ilk_ occurs; and see _Ilk_.
Thir, these, those, 2734, 2745, 2911, 3110, etc.
Thithingis, tidings, 2279.
A.S. _tidan_, to happen.
Tho, then, 545, 2221;
them, 2368.
Thoore, there, 628. Thore, 1102.
Thrid, third, 370, 2347, 2401.
A.S. _þridda_.
Throng, closely pressed, crowded, 3366.
A.S. _þringan_.
Til, to; til have, to have, 706.
Tint, lost, 1384.
See _Tyne_.
Tithandis, tidings, 2310.
Tithingis, tidings, 902, 2336.
To, too, besides, 3045.
Togidder, together, 254.
To-kerwith, carves or cuts to pieces; al to-kerwith, cuts all to
pieces, 868.
A.S. _to-ceorfian_. The prefix _to-_ is intensive, and forms a
part of the verb. See Judges ix. 53: “All to-brake his skull;”
i.e. utterly brake; sometimes misprinted “all to break” (!).
Ton, taken, 1054, 1071.
Ton, one; the ton, the one, 1822.
The tone = A.S. _þæt áne_.
To-schent, disfigured, 1221.
The intensive form of the A.S. verb _scendan_, to shame, destroy.
In the same line we have _to-hurt_, and in the next line
_to-rent_, words modelled on the same form. We find, e.g.,
in Spenser, the forms _all to-rent_, _all to-brus’d_. (See the
note on the prefix _To-_ in the Glossary to William of Palerne.)
Tothir, the other, 2536.
The tothir = A.S. _þæt oþere_, where _þæt_ is the neuter gender
of the definite article. Burns has _the tither_.
Toyer (= tother), the other;
_y_ being written for the A.S. _þ_ (_th_), 2571, 2584.
Traist, to trust, to be confident, 390, 1129, 1149, J.
Trast, 1659.
Traisting of (trusting), reliance upon, or expectation of, 25, J.
{ Translat, 508, Transulat, 2204, } to transfer, remove.
Tratory, treachery, 3224.
See R. _traïtor_.
Trety, treatise, 145.
Fr. _traité_.
Trewis, truce, 1568, 2488, 2545.
{ Tronsione, 239, Trunscyoune, 2962, Trownsciown, 2890, }
a truncheon, a stump of a spear.
Fr. _tronçon_; from Lat. _truncus_.
In the last passage it means a sceptre, _bâton_.
“One hytte hym vpon the oldé wounde
Wyth A tronchon of an ore;” (oar.)
(Le Morte Arthur, l. 3071.)
Troucht, truth, 161.
{ Tueching, 403, Tweching, 386, } touching.
Tyne, to lose, 1258, 1387.
Icel. _týna_.
Tynith, loseth, 1761.
Tynt, lost, 175, 1384, 1521.
Unwist, unknown, 1140.
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