tǽcend
One who prescribes or orders.
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Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces beboden sý underfó hé ða geboda his tǽcendes si cui fratri aliqua gravia injunguntur, suscipiat jubentis imperium, R. Ben. 128, 11. v. tǽcan, IV
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3. Kueade gemenes of des and of tables huer me playþ nor pans, Ayenb. 45, 16.
Linked entry: tebl
tættec
a rag, tatter
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a rag, tatter Dormitatio vestietur pannis seó slápolnys byþ gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum, Homl. Ass. 9, 238. Nis se loddere mid his tasttecon mín gelíca, Homl. Th. i. 256, 9.
tál
evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof
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Skt. 3, 14, Ðurh ðis beóþ áwecte saca and tála hinc suscitantur rixe, detractiones, R. Ben. 124, 18, Módignys ácenþ yfelsacunge, ceorunge, and gelómlíce tála, Homl.
Linked entry: tǽl
tál-líc
that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous ⬩ that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible
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Se ðe ídele spellunge oððe tállíce word ( calumnies, backbiting ) lustlíce gehýrþ, 492, 19. that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible Gif ǽnig biþ mét teállíc si quisque repertus fuerit reprehensibilis, R. Ben. Interl. 54, 7.
tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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Rode tilting o'er the waves, Milton, P. L. xi. 747), Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious Hú lǽne ðis líf is, hú tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8.
Linked entry: un-tealt
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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R. 336, 15. Wurrþenn wiþþ childe, and tæmenn hire tæm, Orm. 2415. Ys foure sones ... Þys was a stalwarde tem, R. Glouc. 261, 4.] bringing forth children, child-bearing :-- Ðonne wíf byþ teámes ætealdod, Homl. Ass. 20, 159.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
tearflian
To wallow, roll over
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To wallow, roll over On eorðan forgnyden fǽmende hé tearflode (terflede, teorflede, later MSS.) elisus in terram uolutabatur spumans, Mk. Skt. 9, 20
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Mid teartum swingellum acribus uerberibus, R. Ben. 54, 4. Mislimp tearte casus asperos, Hymn. Surt. 16, 5. Teartere þrǽlung acrior correptio, R. Ben. Interl. 59, 6. Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, R. Ben. 52, 6.
teart-líc
Sharp, severe
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Sharp, severe Þeáh hwæt teartlíces on ðisum regule geset sý, R. Ben. 5, 11
þǽsma
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Leaven Þǽsma godcundre rihtwísnesse fermentum divinae justitiae, R. Ben. 10, 18
þæt
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Hé rád þæt hé wæs et Ceastre he rode so that he was at Worcester, Chart. Th. 71, 11 : Andr. Kmbl. 1576; An. 789 : 1474; An. 738. Man gecwǽman ne mæg twám hláfordum ætsomne, þæt hé ne forseó þone óðerne, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 220, 224.
þafian
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Ðafande woeron feh him tó seallanne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare, Lind. 22, 5. with a clause Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre si consenserit, ut egrediatur de monasterio, R. Ben. Interl. 98, 17. Þafodest ðú ðæt mé þeówmennen drehte, Cd.
þafung
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Be his þafunge permissionem suam, R. Ben. Interl. 77, 6. Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196.
þan
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Ne biþ sond þon má wið micelne rén húses hirde nor any more is the sand a guard for a house against much rain, Met. 7, 20 : 8, 23 : 11, 69. Bútan ðú úsic þon ófostlícor hreddan wille if you do not save us any quicker, Exon. Th. 17, 18; Cri. 272.
þanane
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., ðonne wierþ gehnescad ðonone sió ðreáung ðæs anwaldes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 3. whence Wígheard tó Róme wæs onsended, ðonone hí hider onsendon gewritu, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 3
Linked entry: þanone
þanc-full
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Wé hálsiaþ, God, ðæt þeów ðín cync úre ... tó ðé ... þancfull mæge becuman quaesumus, Deus, ut famulus tuus rex nosier ... ad te ... gratiosus ualeat pervenire, Anglia xiii. 381, 228.
tún-weg
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A road on a tún, a private road Ealles hereweg publica via, tuunweg privata via, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 39-40. Tó túnweges ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 21. Ðǽr túnwegas út sceótaþ . . . þurh ðone tún, vi. 235, 6
twégen
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Ða wuniaþ twám and þrím ætgædere ( bini aut terni ), R. Ben. 9, 15.
twelf
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Be twelf sealmum, R. Ben. 35, 6. Se tíreádga twelf síþum hine bibaþaþ, Exon. Th. 205, 2; Ph. 106: 202, 13; Ph. 69: Cd. Th. 285, 17; Sat. 339. Mid hys twelf leorningcnihtum (ðǽm twelfum ðegnum, Lind.: ðǽm twælf leorneras, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 26, 20.
Linked entry: endleofan