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þilian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þilian, þillian, þillan
to plank, lay planks as in making a bridge
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  • Ðá hét Maxentius oferbricgian ða eá eal mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge,

      Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22.
  • Tó þilianne

    plancas ponere,

      Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 33.
  • Tó þillianne,

      5, 8, 10, 14.
  • Tó þelliene, 26.
  • Tó þillanne, 28.
  • Tó þyllanne, 24. (The section is headed: Ðis is ðære bricge geweorc on Hróuecæstre.)
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gi-dillón insternere (pontes): Ger. dielen to board, plank: Icel. þilja to cover with deals, to board, plank.]
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v. next two words.
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v.  þylian.
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