tysca
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A buzzard Glida milvus, tysca butzus, Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 22, 23. Tysca bizus, ii. 126, 39. Cf. (?) tusc
þæc-tigele
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A tile for a roof Þaectigilum imbricibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 56
Linked entry: tigele
treów-wyrhta
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A wood-wright, worker in wood, carpenter, joiner Treówwyrhta lignnrius. Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 10: 73, 29. Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, (tonne hús and mistlíce fata and scypa eów eallum ic wyrce ?
trinda
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A round lump, a ball Geóte tó trindan . . . wyrce tó trindan, Lchdm. iii. 14, 10, 13
twisla
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The fork of a river, road, etc. Of ðam mere on ðan lace ðǽr ða brócas twisliaþ; ðanne of ðæm twislan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 34
þeóh-sceanca
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A thigh-shank, the upper part of the leg Earsendu nates, þeóh femur, þeóhscanca coxa, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36-38: 283,61-65. Ða hypbán ða earsenda mid ðǽm þeóhsconcum catacrinas, nates cum femoribus, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 19
þelma
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A trap Þelman tendiculum, Hpt. Gl. 429, 17. Cf. (?) þel
þeód-eorþe
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The whole inhabited earth, the world Hwæt sceoldon ðé ( the guilty soul ), þeódeorðan fýlnes (cf. Exon. Th. 368, 7); úre ælmessan? Wulfst. 240, 15
Linked entry: eorþe
þeód-wita
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Cyningan and bisceopan, eorlan and heretogan, geréfan and déman, lárwitan and lahwitan gedafenaþ mid rihte ðæt hí ánrǽde weorðan, L. I.
þræsce
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A thrush Ðrostle trita, ðraesce truitius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 79
Linked entry: þrysce
þingestre
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A female advocate Ðæt heó ús beó þingestre tó ðam heofenlíce mægenðrymme, Homl. Ass. 137, 698
wan-hoga
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C. 105. v. un-hoga, and following words
widuwa
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A widower Ðæt bið rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óð ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige; and habbe ða syððan, ða hwíle ðe seó libbe: gif hire ðonne forðsíð gebyrige, ðonne is rihtost ðæt hé þananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I.
wésa
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A soaker, one that drinks intemperately Wésan oþþe eteras commessatores (Prov. 28, 7), Kent. Gl. 1044
west-sceáta
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A western angle or promontory Sicilia is ðryscýte. . . ðone westsceátan man hǽt Libéum Sicilia tria habet promontoria . . . tertium, quod adpellatur Lilybaeum, dirigitur in occasum Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 5
wibba
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A worm or beetle Se glisigenda wibba the glow-worm; cicindela, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 77
wicce
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Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10. Wiccan, Wulfst. 165, 34. Wiccena parcarum, Anglia xiii, 31, 104. v. Grmm. D. M. p. 985
wícing-sceaþe
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Piracy Wícincsceaðan (the Erfurt Glossary has uuícingsceadae) piraticam, Txts. 87, 1579
weorold-gewuna
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The custom of the world Hé ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15
weorold-hlísa
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Worldly fame, earthly renown Habbon hí ðone woruldhlísan ðe hí sóhton, ná ða écan méde ðe hí ne róhton, Homl. Th. ii. 566, 6