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timber

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
timber, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§298;
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., timber
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  • Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber (arbores) ácorfen wæs, ðǽr wǽron xxx and c scipa gearora,

    • Ors. 4, 6;
    • Swt. 172, 4.

  • Ne sceal cyrcean timber (ligna ecclesiae) tó ǽnigum óðrum weorce,

    • L. Ecg. P. Addit. 16;
    • Th. ii. 234, 16,

    Ðætte ne meahten godo beón ða ðe monna hondum geworhte wǽron of eorðlícum timbre oðþe of treóm oðþe of stánum

    deos esse non posse, qui hominum manibus facti essent; dei creandi materiam lignum vel lapidem esse non posse,

    • Bd. 3, 22;
    • M. 224, 15.

  • Ǽrest man ásmeáþ ðæs húses stede, and eác man ðæt timber beheáwþ,

    • Anglia viii. 324, 8
      • :
    • Lchdm. iii. 180, 8.
material of which anything is formed
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  • Sió lifer is blódes timber and blodes hús and fóstor,

      Lchdm. ii. 198, 2: 160, 13.
a structure, building, edifice
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  • Heó mid ðǽm tó ðæm timbre (aedificio) gefæstnad wæs,

    • Bd. 3, 17;
    • S. 544, 31.

  • Tó ðam heofonlícum timbre,

    • 4, 3;
    • S. 567, 12.

  • In timbre

    in aedificio,

    • Ps. Surt. 101, 8.

  • Seó tíd gewát ofer timber (? tiber, MS.) sceacan middangeardes,

    • Cd. Th. 9, 2;
    • Gen. 135.

  • Huulig timber

    quales structurae,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 1.

  • Timbra

    aedificiorum,

    • Ps. Surt. 128, 6.

  • Ða burh manige menn mid heán timbrum frættewodon

    (augustioribus aedificiis adornarunt),

    • Bd. 3, 19;
    • S. 547, 24.
the building of a house, ship, etc.
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  • Hé (the sixth day of the moon) is gód circan on tó timbrane, and eác scipes timber on tó anginnanne,

    • Lchdm. iii. 178, 9.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. timbar
:
O. Frs. timber
:
O. H. Ger. zimbar materia, fabrica, structura, aedificium
:
Ger. zimmer a chamber, timber
:
Icel. timbr.
Cf.
Goth. timreins a building, ga-timrjó a building.
]
Linked entries
v.  and-timber.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “timber.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30506.

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  • timber, n.

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