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tyllan

  • verb [ weak ]
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tyllan, p.tylde
To draw, attract. Found only in the compound for-tyllan, but see the following passages from later English,
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    Mi liht onswere tulde him upon me,

    • A.R. 320, 13.

  • Ne tulle ȝe to þe ȝete none unkuðe harloz,

    • 414, 5.

  • As muche place as myd a þong ich may aboute tille,

    • R. Glouc. 115, 18.

  • Of þe purse þat seluer heo tulleþ.

    • Misc. 188, 40.

  • Ille felawes hafd maistri To tille this yong man to foli,

    • Met. Homl. 113, 8.

  • Þe world tyl hym drawes And tilles ... þam þat him knawes,

    • Pr. C. 1183.

  • To þe scole him for to till (tille),

    • C.M. 12175.

  • He hauede ... Al þe folk tilled intil his hond,

    • Havel. 438.

  • Also, like Twei leomes stode þere; The gryttere tylde Est ... þe oþer hadde branches ... And westward thei drowe,

    • R. Glouc. 151, 20: 152, 19.

  • To gile ne to fraude wild he neuer tille,

    • R. Brunne 128, 20.
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  • Þis tolleð him towurd þe,

    • A.R. 290, 5.

  • Ha tolliþ togederes

    they draw, come together,

    • Marh. 14, 6. (See instances quoted, p. 110)

  • Swa mai mon tolli him to Lutle briddes,

    • O. and N. 1627.

  • To drawen or tollen

    allicere,

    • Chauc. Boet. 2, 7.

  • Tollyn or mevyn

    incito, provoco, excito,

    • Prompt. Parv. 496.]
Cf. also tollen to draw, attract
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v.  tillan be-tyllan for-tyllan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tyllan.” 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/31394.

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