SYTE, _sb._ grief, suffering. Lyndsay, 273, 333. Montg., M.P., V, 14. O.N. _sýta_, to wail, _sýting_, sb., _sút_, grief, affliction, Norse _sut_, care, _syta_, to care. Skeat cites _sut_ (in list) which would exactly correspond to the O.N. sb. Brate accepts an O.N. sb. _syt_. TAIT, _adj._ foul. Montg., F., 755. O.N. _tað_. The change of _ð_ to _t_ is unusual. See Wall. TANGLE, _sb._ seaweed, stalk of a seaweed. Dalr., I, 62, 1; Burns, 91, 2, 2. O.N. _þöngul_, tangle, seaweed. Cp. _þönglabakki_, Tangle-hill, name of a place in Iceland. In Norse _tangel_ same as Eng. _tangle_, _entangle_. TANGLING, _pr. p._, _adj._ clinging, intertwining. Burns, 60, 3, tangling roots, clinging together in tangles. See _tangle_. TARN, _sb._ a small lake. Jamieson. O.N. _tjörn_, a small lake, Norse _tjönn_, _tjörn_, Sw. _tjärn_, M.E. _terne_, a lake. Particularly Sco. and N.W. Eng. Cp. Shetland _shon_, _shoden_, a pool, a little lake. The last example exhibits W.Norse change of _rn_ to _dn_. The form _tjödn_ occurs in Sogn, Norway. TATH, _sb._ Jamieson. O.N. _tað_. See Wall. TEAL, TILL, _vb._ to entice. Wallace, VI, 151, and Jamieson. O.N. _tæla_, to entice, related to Norse _telja_. Sco. _tealer_, _sb._ Jamieson. The form in _i_ is strange. TEYND, TEIND, _sb_, tithe. C.S., 123; Lyndsay, 152, 4690; Rolland, I, 546. O.N. _tíund_, the tenth, the tithe, Norse _tiende_, Dan. _tiende_, the regular ordinal of _ti_. THA, _dem. pron._ these, those. Same form in all cases. Wallace, X, 41; Wyntoun, I, 1, 6. O.N. _þeir_. THECK, _vb._ to thatch. Ramsay, II, 224. Has been taken as a loan- word from O.N. _þekja_, to thatch, Norse _tekka_, Sw. _täcka_. Cp. O.E. _þeccan. Theck_ probably comes from O. Nhb. _þecca._ THIR, _dem. pron._ these, those. Bruce, I, 76; Dunbar, G.T., 127; Lyndsay, 4, 20, 1175; R.R., 108. O.N. _þeir._ Cp. M.E. _þir_, _þer_, those, Cu. _thur_. THRA, _adj._ eager. Bruce, XVIII, 71. O.N. _þrár_, obstinate, persistent, Norse _traa_, untiring, also wilful, Sw. dial. _trå_, M.E. _þra_, bold, strong, _thraly_, adv. Wyntoun, II, 8, 55; VII, 8, 186. See Wall. Skeat cites Eng. dial. _thro_. THRA, _adv._ boldly. Dunbar, T.M.W., 195. See above, _thra_. TRAIF, _sb._ two stooks or twenty-four sheaves of grain. Dunbar, 228. O.N. _þrefi_, a number of sheaves, Dan. _trave_, Sw. _trafwe_, twenty sheaves of grain, M.E. _þrāve_, a bundle, a number, Cu. _threve_, _threeav_. THREAVE, _sb._ a crowd, a large number. Ramsay, II, 463. The same word as _thraif_, q.v. THRIST, _vb._ to thrust, push, also means to clasp. Bruce, XIII, 156; R.R. 12, 9; Rolland, IV, 590. O.N. _þrýsta_, to thrust, force, Norse _trysta_, to press together, M.E. _þrīsten, þrȳstan._ Lyndsay also uses the word in the sense of "to pierce."