Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
Telle, _v._ S. to count, number, 2615. _Told_, _part. pa._ numbered,
esteemed, 1036.
Tene, _n._ S. grief, affliction, 729.
Tere, _v._ S. to tar (used passively), 707.
Teth, _n. pl._ S. teeth, 2406.
Teyte, _adj._ S. 1841, 2331. [Explained “lively” by Coleridge,
Stratmann, and Morris, as if from Icel. _teitr_, hilaris. This I believe
to be completely wrong. The word occurs in Allit. Poems, ed. Morris, B.
871, with reference to _tight_ lasses, and in l. 1841 of Havelok we have
a reference to _tight_ lads. In l. 2331 it may also mean _flawless_,
staunch. “_Theet_, _adj._ water-tight. O.N. _þiettr_ or _þéttr_, densus,
solidus. O.Sw. _thæter_, Sw. Dial, _tjett_ or _tjætt_, Dan. _tætt_,
Germ. _dicht_. Ihre gives . . . . _ett tätt fat_, a flawless vessel.
‘_Thyht_, hool fro brekynge, not brokyn. _Integer_, _solidus_. Prompt.
Parv.’” Atkinson’s Glossary of the Cleveland dialect.] [_Teyte_ may mean
_lively_. My explanation is not generally accepted.]
Þa, _written for_ þat, 175.
Þan, Þanne, _adv._ S. then, 51, 1044, &c.; when, 226, 248, _et sæpius_;
than if (_quàm_), 944, 1867.
Þar, _adv._ where (?) 130. _See_ the Note; and cf. _Þer_.
Þare, _adv._ S. there, 2481, 2739. Cf. þer, þore.
Þarne, _v._ to lose, be deprived of, 2492, 2835. _Þarnes_, _pr. t._
wants, is deprived of, 1913. _Þarned the ded_, 1687; [clearly miswritten
for _þoled þe ded_, suffered death. The scribe was thinking of _þarned
þe lif_; cf. l. 2492.] The verb only exists in the Sax. in the pt. t.
_þærnode_, Chron. Sax. p. 222, ed. Gibs., which is derived by Lye from
the Cimbr. _At thuerna_, or _thorna_, diminui, privari. V. Hickes Thes.
I. p. 152. [I.e. it is from the root of the Sw. _tarfva_, Icel.
_thurfa_, Goth. _thaurban_, with the _f_ dropped, and with the addition
of the _passive_ or _neuter_ infinitive-ending denoted by _-ne_, like
_-na_ in Sw., _-nan_ in Mœso-Gothic. See _þarrnenn_ in Gl. to Ormulum.]
Þas, _read_ Was, 1129. [As þ at the beginning of a word is never put for
_t_, it is not = Sc. _tas_, takes, as some have suggested.]
Þaue, v. S. [_þafian_] to grant, 296; bear, sustain, 2696. Ormulum,
5457.
Thayn, _n._ S. nobleman, 2184. _Thein_, 2466. _Thaynes_, _pl._ 2260.
_Theynes_, 2194. _See_ Kayn.
Þe, _n._ S. thigh, 1950. _Þhe_, 1984. _Þes_, _pl._ 1903. _Þhes_, 2289.
Þe, _adv._ S. (_written for_ þer), there, 142, 476, 863, 933. _Þe with_,
therewith, 639. _See_ Þer.
Þe, _conj._ S. though, 1682. _Þei_, 1966. _Þey_, 807, 992, 1165, 2501.
_See_ Þou.
Þede, _n._ S. country, dwelling, 105; place, 2890. Web., Le Bone Flor.
246. R. Br. p. 18. V. Jam.
Þef, _n._ S. thief, 2434. _Þeues_, _pl._ 1780.
Þei, _pron._ S. they, 1020, 1195, &c.
Þei, Þey, _conj._ though. _See_ Þe.
Þenke, _pr. subj._ S. think, 2394. _Þenkeste_, _pr. t. 2 p._ thinkest
thou, 578.
Þenne, _adv._ S. thence, 1185. [Perhaps in l. 777, we should put the
comma after _þenne_; “when he came thence,” &c.]
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