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timber

  • noun [ neuter ]
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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. I a.

    material

    of which anything is formed :-- 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.]
Similar entries
v. an-, and-, boh-, bolt-, fugol-, fyrd- (?), heáh-, heofon-, hróf-, magu-timber; ge-timbru.
Linked entries
v.  and-timber.
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  • timber, n.