theen (A.S.) _to thrive, be prosperous_. so thee ik! 90, _as I may prosper!_ thef, theef (A.S.) _pl._ theves, 239, 353, 373, _a thief_. thefliche, 389, _thievishly_ theigh (A.S.) _though_ thenke, thynke (A.S.) 211, 228, _to think_. _pres. s._ he thenketh, 407 ther (A.S.) _there, where_. therafter, 90, _in proportion to it_. thermyd, _herewith_ thesternesse (A.S.) 340, _darkness_ thynke (A.S.) 384, _to seem_. _pres. sing._ I thynke, me thynketh (_it seems to me_). _pret. s._ thoghte, 1, 205, thoughte, 404 thirlen (A.S.) _to pierce, bore through_ thise (A.S.) _these_ tho (A.S.) _those, the_ tho (A.S.) _then, when_ tholien (A.S.) 70, thole, 392, _to bear, support, suffer_. _pret. s._ tholede, 251, 384, tholed, 377. _pl._ tholed, 373 thonkyng (A.S.) _thanking, thanks_ thorugh (A.S.) _through_ thow (A.S.) The second personal pronoun is in interrogative clauses generally combined with its verb, as sestow, _seest thou_; slepestow, _sleepest thou_, &c. thral (A.S.) _pl._ thralles, 398, _a bond-man_ threve (A.S.) 333, _a bundle_ thridde (A.S.) 413, _third_ thringen (A.S.) _to crowd, to throng, to press forward_. _pret. pl._ thrungen, 108 tyd, tid (A.S.) 265, 334, _quickly, promptly, readily_ tidy (A.S.) 422, _clever, ready, neat_ tyen (A.S.) _to tie_ +y-tight, 461, _furnished, provided_ tikes (A.S.) 398, _low people_; literally, _dogs_. The word is still used in Yorkshire til (A.S.) 305, _to_ tilien, tilie, tilye (A.S.) 131, 138, 375, 410, _to till the earth_. +_part. pas._ tylde, 461 tilthe (A.S.) 421, _tilth, the result or produce of tilling or ploughing_ tymbre (A.S.) 223, _to build_. _pret._ tymbred, 48 +tymen (A.S.) 494, _to compel_ (?) It appears to be the same word which occurs in the alliterative poem on the Deposition of Richard II, p. 17:-- Thus lafte they the leder That hem wrong ladde, And _tymed_ no twynte, But tolled her cornes, And gaderid the grotus With gyle, as I trowe. tynen, tyne (A.S.) 416, _to lose_. _part. pas._ tynt, 377 titeleris (A.S. ?) 442, _tattlers_ tithe (A.S.) _tenth, tithe_ tixte (A.N.) 348, _text_ to (A.S.) _too_ to-, prefixed in composition to verbs of Anglo-Saxon origin, has the same force as the German _zu-_, giving to the word the idea of destruction or deterioration:-- to-bollen (A.S.) 82, _to overswell_ to-breken (A.S.) 156, _to break to pieces, break down_. _part. pas._ to-broke, 139 to-cleve (A.S.) 236, _to cleave in pieces, cut open_ to-drawen (A.S.) _to draw to pieces_, or _to destruction_. _pret._ to-drowe, 175 to-luggen (A.S.) 41, _to lug about, tear_ to-rende (A.S.) 180, _to be torn or burst to pieces_ to-shullen (A.S.) _to cut off, destroy_. _part. pas._ to-shullen, 359 toft (A.S.) _an open exposed place, a hill_ to-fore (A.S.) _before_. to-forn 235, _before_ to-gidere, to-gidres, to-gideres (A.S.) _together_ +toylyng (A.S.) 495, _tugging_ tollen (A.S.) 89, _to measure out, count_ tollers (A.S.) _toll-gatherers_