A Concise Dictionary of Middle English - Part 215
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+urgh+, _prep._ through, S2, C2; +ur?+, S2, W2; +ure?+, S; +urh+, S; +urch+, S; +uruh+, S; +or?+, S2; +oru?+, S2, W2; +orw+, S; +oru+, S, S2; +thorou+, W; +thurght+, H; +ur+ S, S2; +urf+, S2, HD; +oru?like+, _adv._, thoroughly, S. _Comb._: +thurghfare+, thoroughfare, C; +urhfaren+, to pa.s.s through; +thurghfare+, S2; +thurgh-girt+, pierced through, C; +thurchhurt+, thoroughly hurt, S3; +urh-lefien+, to live through; +urhlefede+, _pt. s._, S; +urh-seon+, to perceive; +urhsih+, _pr. s._, S; +uruh-ut+, wholly, S; +thurghout+, C2; +uruhtut+, throughout, S; +oru-out+, S2.--AS. _urh_; cp. OHG.

_thuruh_ (Tatian).

+url+, _sb._ an aperture for admitting light, a hole, S; +thurles+, _pl._, HD.--AS. _yrel_, hole, from _urh_, through; so (with different suffix) Goth. _thairko_, hole, the eye of a needle, from _thairh_, through; see Kluge (s.v. _durch_). See +urh+. [[headword spelled +urgh+]]

+urlen+, _v._ to pierce, S, S2, PP; +irlen+, C, S2, PP, H; +thrill+, H.--AS. _yrlian_ (_irlian_).

+urst+, _sb._ thirst, S, C2; see +rist+.

+us+, _adv._ thus, S; +tus+, S (in Ormulum). _Comb._: +usgate+, in this way, PP; +usgates+, HD, PP.--AS. _us_, OS. _thus_.

+uster+, _adj._ dark, S; see +ester+.

+ut+, for +u it+, S; see +ou+.

+uvele+, _sb. pl._ twigs, S.--AS. _fel_, 'frutex' (Voc.). See +efe+.

+w.a.n.g+, _sb._ thong, S; see +wong+.

+wert+, _adv._ thwart, SD. _Comb._: +wert-ut+, throughout, S.--Icel.

_vert_, neuter of _verr_, transverse; cp. AS. _weorh_, Goth.

_thwairhs_, angry, cross.

+wong+, _sb._ strip of leather, thong, S, S2, W; +w.a.n.g+ S; +ong+ S.--AS. _w.a.n.g_.

+wytel+, _sb._ a knife, whittle; +thwitel+, SkD; +thewtill+, S3. See below.

+wyten+, _v._ to cut, to whittle, Voc., Prompt., Palsg. _Der._: +thwytynge+, cutting, whittling, PP.--AS. _witan_.

+y+, _sb._ thigh, Prompt.; +e+, SkD, HD; +ee+, HD; +y?+, S2; +ih+, SkD; +ei?+, SkD.--AS. _eo_, _eoh_.

+yester+, _adj._ dark, S2; see +ester+.

+yesternesse+, _sb._ darkness, S2; see +esternesse+.

+yht+, _adj._ close, compact, tight. Prompt.; +thite+, HD; +ti?t+, SkD.--Cp. G. _dicht_, Icel. _ettr_; see Kluge (s.v.).

+yhtyn+, _v._ to make tight, Prompt.; +y-ti?t+, _pp._, S3.

+ynken+, _v._ to seem; +ynke+, _pr. s. impers._, PP; +unc+, S; +unch+, S; +inche+, S; +ink+, S; +ing+, S2; +enke+, PP; +uhte+, _pt. s._, S; +u?te+, S; +o?te+, S2; +thoughte+, C3; +out+, S2.--AS. _yncan_, pt. _uhte_, pp. _(ge)puht_. See +enchen+.

Ti-Ty.

+Ti+, _p.r.o.n. poss._ thy, S; see +ou+.

+Tid+, _sb._ time, season, hour, _hora canonica_, S, S2, S3; +tide+, S2; +tyde+, S2, C3, PP. _Comb._: +tideful+, seasonable (= Lat.

_opportunus_), H; +tydfulnes+, needfulness, H.--AS. _tid_, time, hour; cp. Icel. _ti_, time, 'hora canonica.'

+Tid+, _adv._ quickly, PP; +tyd+, PP. See +t.i.t+.

+Tiden+, _v._ to happen, S; +tyden+, S2, C3; +tid+, _pr. s._, PP; +t.i.t+, PP; +tydde+, _pt. s._, PP; +tidde+, S2.--AS. _tidan_.

+Tidi+, _adj._ seasonable, honest, respectable, S; +tidy+, PP; +tydy+, PP, Prompt.

+Tidif+, _sb._ the name of some very small bird, C2; +tydy+, a sort of singing bird, ND.

+Tiding+, _sb._ an event, tidings, S; +tyding+, C2, C3; +tidinge+, _pl._, S2; +tydinge+, S; +tydinges+, C2. See +Tiing+.

+Tiffen+, _v._ to trick out, trim, adorn, SkD.--OF. _tiffer_, to trim, adorn.

+Tiffung+, _sb._ adornment, finery, S.

+Til+, _prep._ and _conj._ to, till, S, PP, S2, C3; +tyl+, S, PP; +till+, S, S3.--Icel. _til_.

+Tilden+, _v._ to set a trap, S; +tilde+, _2 pr. pl._, set up, S3; see +Telden+.

+Tilien+, _v._ to till, cultivate, earn, gain, PP; +tilen+, S, PP; +tylie+, PP; +tulien+, PP; +telie+, PP; +tolie+, S; +tylle+, S2.--AS.

_tilian_, to aim at, to till land; cp. OHG. _zilon_, to attempt (Tatian).

+Tilier+, _sb._ tiller, husbandman, W.

+Tillen+, _v._ to draw, entice, S, H, PP; see +Tollen+.

+Tile+, _sb._ labour, toil, tilth, S; +tulthe+, PP; +tele+, PP.--AS.

_til_. See +Tilien+.

+Timen+, _v._ to prosper, S.--Icel. _tima_ (reflex.), to happen.

+Tin+, _p.r.o.n. poss._ thy, thine, S; see +ou+.

+Tinsel+, _sb._ a stuff made partly of silk and partly of silver, S3, TG, SkD.--OF. _estincelle_, a spark, a flash (BH).

+Tintre?e+, _sb._ torment; +tintreow+, S; +tintreohe+, S; +tintreohen+, _pl._, S.--AS. _tintreg_ (Grein).

+Tirannye+, _sb._ tyranny, C2, C3; +tirandye+, HD.

+Tiraunt+, _sb._ tyrant, C2, PP; +tyraunt+, PP, W; +tirant+, S2; +tyrauns+, _pl._, oppressors, PP.--AF. and OF. _tirant_, _tiranz_; Lat.

_tyrannus_; see Constans, Supplement, p. 57, and BH, -- 72.

+Tirauntrie+, _sb._ tyranny, W2; +tyrauntrye+, HD.

+Tis-daei+, _sb._ Tuesday, S; +Tisdei+, S.--AS. _Tiwes-daeg_, the day of _Tiw_, the English name of a Teutonic deity; cp. OHG. _Zio_, Icel.

_Tr_; see Grimm, _Teut. M._, cap. ix, and Kluge (s.v. _dienstag_).

+t.i.t+, _adv._ quickly, PP; +tyt+, S2; +tyte+, PP, S2, H; +t.i.te+, PP, S2, H; +ti?t+, S2; +ti?tly+, S2; +t.i.tere+, _comp._, H; +t.i.tter+, S2.--Icel.

_t.i.tt_, neut. of _tir_. See +Tid+.

+Tiende+, _sb. pl._ tidings, news, customs, S; +tienden+, S; +tiand+, S2; +tiandes+, S2.--Icel. _tiindi_, pl., tidings, news; from _tia_, to happen; cp. _tiska_, a custom, _tir_, customary, frequent.