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tír

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
tír, es; m.
Glory, honour
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  • Eów ys wuldorblǽd torhtlíc tóweard and tír gifeþe,

      Judth. Thw. 23, 35; Jud. 157.

  • Tír æt getohte,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 54; By. 104.

  • Nis hér (

    in hell

    ) eádiges tír ne worulde dreám,
      Cd. Th. 270, 20; Sat. 93.

  • Ne biþ hira (

    two twins

    ) tír gelíc,
      Salm. Kmbl. 730; Sal. 364: Exon. Th. 448, 11; Dóm. 52.

  • Biþ týr scæcen, eorþan blǽdas,

      447, 27; Dóm. 45.

  • Tíres Wealdend (cf. wuldres Waldend, Cd. Th. 216, 27; Dan. 13)

    the Deity,

      Ps. Th. 79, 14.

  • Tíres brytta,

      Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93.

  • Ðæt hý móstun tíres blǽd écne ágan,

      Exon. Th. 74, 27; Cri. 1212: Andr. Kmbl. 210; An. 105.

  • Tíres eádige

    abounding in glory;

    reges,
      Ps. Th. 71, 10: Cd. Th. 91, 15; Gen. 1512: Judth. Thw. 25, 22; Jud. 272.

  • Tíres tó tácne

    in token of glory gained,

      Beo. Th. 3312; B. 1654.

  • Hé benam his feónd torhte tíre,

      Cd. Th. 4, 23; Gen. 58.

  • Is ðæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe, and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754.

  • Hwonne ús líffreá ðæt týdre gewitt tíre bewinde,

      Exon. Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29.

  • Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum wyrp oððe scyte, torhtlícne tiir,

      331, 18; Vy. 70.

  • Ðé tír cyning and miht forgef,

      Andr. Kmbl. 970; An. 485.

  • Hér Æþelstán cyning and his bróþor ealdorlangne tír (týr,

    one MS.

    ) geslógon æt sæcce,
      Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 3.

  • Gé dóm ágon, tír æt tohtan,

      Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197.

  • Æsca tír æt gúðe,

      Cd. Th. 127, 10; Gen. 2108.

  • Hé mé tír forgeaf, wígspéd wið wráðum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 328; El. 164.

  • Ða (

    friends

    ) hyra týr and eád ýcaþ,
      Exon. Th. 409, 3; Rä. 27, 23.

  • Ðú tírum fæst niða Nergend

    thou Saviour of men, gloriously firm,

      Cd. Th. 235, 27; Dan. 312: Exon. Th. 354, 7; Reim. 42.
Etymology
[Þa kingges weoren deædde, heore duȝeðe todealde, here tir wes atfallen, Laym. 4237. O. Sax. tír; see too tírlíce gloriously: Icel. tírr. Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. ziarí decus.]
Similar entries
v. æsc-tír, and words in which tír is the first component.
Linked entries
v.  Tíw tyr.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tír.” 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/30558.

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