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til

  • preposition
Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§425; §559;
prep, (used only in the North) To
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  • Fúsæ fearran kwómu æþþilæ til ánum (cf. fúse feorran cwómon tó ðam æðelinge, Rood Kmbl. 115; Kr. 58),

      Txts. 126, 13.

  • Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe,

      Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6.

  • Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend

    tunc dicit illis Jesus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31.

  • Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.) Eástro

    ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha?

      26, 17.
Etymology
[The word retains its meaning in the Northern dialects, but otherwise it is used in reference only to time. O. Frs. til: Icel. til.]
Entry information
Citation

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/30488.

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  • til, prep.

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