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  • adjective
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til, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§425; §559;
good at anything,
apt, capable, competent
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  • Hé wæs selfa til, heóld á ríce éðeldreámas,

      Cd. Th. 97, 2 ; Gen. 1606 : Beo. Th. 122; B. 61.

  • Til sceal on éðle dómes wyrcean,

      Menol. Fox 500; Gn. C. 20.

  • Sum biþ beórhyrde gód, sum biþ bylda til hám tó habbanne,

      Exon. Th. 297, 29; Crä. 75.

  • Till,

      Beo. Th. 5436; B. 2721.

  • Hié wǽron an wíg gearwe . . . efne swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde ; wæs seó þeód tilu,

      2505; B. 1250.

  • Wǽron men tile,

      Cd. Th. 99, 11; Gen. 1644.

  • Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Tróia burh tilum gesíðum, Met. 26, 20. [Cf. Goth. manna gatils (εὔθετος, aptus) in thiudangardja Guths

    a man fit for the kingdom of God,

      Lk. 9, 62.
    ]
good for anything,
that serves a purpose, beneficial, serviceable, convenient, opportune
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  • His mildheortnyss is til mancynne,

      Ps. Th. 116, 2.

  • Ys mín (

    a town's)

    innað til, wombhord wlitig,
      Exon. Th. 399, 11; Rä. 18, 9.

  • Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til, ðæt hié on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum,

      Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304.

  • Áhte ic folgað tilne (

    a service that benefited me

    ),
      Exon. Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38.

  • Ðú mé þeódscipe lǽr ðínne tilne

    bonitatem et disciplinam doce me,

      Ps. Th. 118, 66.

  • Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman (in tempore opportuno), 31, 7. [Cf. Goth. dags gatils

    (εὔκαιρος, opportunus) a convenient day,

      Mk. 6, 21.

  • Ei bigéteina til du wrðhjan ina,

      Lk. 6, 7.
    ]
good, kind, gentle [cf. till = tame in Pegge's Kenticisms, E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Gloss. C. 3]
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  • Til mon tiles and tomes meares

    a kind man is mindful of a gentle and tame horse,

      Exon. Th. 342, 12; Gn. Ex. 142.

  • Him ðæs lean ágeaf Metend gumcystum til

    (liberally kind

    ),
      Cd. Th. 108, 23; Gen. 1810.
good, excellent,
of moral good
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  • Til biþ se ðe his treówe gehealdeþ,

      Exon. Th. 293, 6; Wand. 112.

  • Til sceal mid tilum

    the good shall be associated with the good,

      334, 28 ; Gn. Ex. 23.

  • Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte,

      Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325.

  • Tile and yfle

    the good and the evil (at the day of judgment),

      Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.

  • Hí

    (devils)

    duguðe beswícaþ and on teosu tyhtaþ tilra dǽda,
      Exon. Th. 362, 10; Wal. 34.

  • Habbaþ freónda ðý má sóþra and gódra, tilra and getreówra,

      409, 2; Ra. 27, 23.
of physical excellence
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  • Toscean teolum húsum on, cyninga cofum, eardedan,

      Ps. Th. 104, 26.
til
is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. zil: Ger. ziel aim, purpose.]
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v. tela, and next word
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v.  ticlum til-líc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “til.” 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/30486.

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