tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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Bute ȝef þu þe timluker (nisi maturius) ure godes grete, Kath. 2086
tír-fæst
Of assured glory, ⬩ glorious
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Of assured glory, glorious From treówe becwom tírfæst ríce Drihten úre Dominus regnavit a ligno, Ps. Th. 95, 9. Cyning tírfæst cystum gecýþed, Beo. Th. 1848; B. 922. Tírfæst Metod, Cd. Th. 64, 2; Gen. 1044.
Tír
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One form of the name of the Runic T; it is also the name of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol ᛏ resembles that used for the planet ♂ Tír byþ tácna sum,
tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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In later English the word is used transitively and intransitively
tó-cwísan
To shatter, ⬩ break to pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise
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The word seems used with a passive force in the following passage
tó-drǽfan
To drive asunder, ⬩ drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ expel, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse
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Ðæt hé tódrǽfe costnunga fram úre heortan. Homl. Th. i. 156, 23. Fela wearð tódrǽfed Godes ðeówa, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 12. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 36.
Linked entry: tó-drífan
tó-sceacan
to shake to pieces, ⬩ shake violently, ⬩ to disturb ⬩ to shake off, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ disperse
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The word is used also intransitively: All þe worlde shall toshake, Anglia iii. 546, 156
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Hié (walruses; so Icel. tönn is used of walrus-tusk) habbaþ swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóðum; ða téð hié brohton sume ðæm cyninge. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1. Hé tóðum gristbitaþ stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.
Linked entry: fóre-téþ
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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Ealle ða tácno & ða forebeácno ía ðe úre Drihten ǽr tóweard sægde, 117, 31.
Linked entry: tó-ward
tow-hús
A spinning-house
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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7
Linked entry: tow-cræft
traht
a text ⬩ passage ⬩ textus ⬩ tractus ⬩ a treating of a subject ⬩ an exposition ⬩ a commentary
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Ðes traht is langsum eów tó gehýrenne, ac wé willaþ nú úre sprǽce her geendian, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 22: 70, 13: i. 248, 21. Trahte commentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 58: 94, 31.
Linked entry: tract
swǽs
(one's) own; ⬩ proprius ⬩ dear ⬩ with a development of meaning similar to that in kind or gentle; gracious, kind, agreeable, pleasant (used of persons or things). ⬩ subst. property: ⬩ near, related ⬩ familiaris, domesticus ⬩ beloved, dear; pleasant.
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Th. 90, 29 ; Cri. 1481. the word, which occurs rarely in prose (see, however, the first passage cited), is used mostly in reference to the connection that belongs to relationship by blood or by marriage, or to dear companionship, and so often has the
swæþ
a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a vestige, trace
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Forlét úre Drihten his fét on ða eorþan besincan . . . leóhtfæt biþ á byrnende for ðara swaþa weorþunga, Blickl. Homl. 127, 31. Suoeðum, suæðum semitis.
Linked entries: swaþu bil-swæþ ge-swǽþian
swaring
Similar entry: áþ-swaring
swégend-líc
Vocal, vowel
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Vocal, vowel I and u beóþ áwende tó consonantes, gif hí beóþ tógædere gesette oððe mid óðrum swégendlícum, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 6, 15
swinc
labour, trouble, affliction
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Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v.
swinglung
Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo ⬩ to rove ⬩ to reel ⬩ giddy ⬩ vertigo
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing.
swíþ
strong ⬩ producing a powerful effect ⬩ strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.) ⬩ strong, not easily broken ⬩ right (hand, side, etc.) ⬩ the right hand, the right ⬩ strong, quick ⬩ quick, wise
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The comparative is used where later English uses right (hand, side, etc.) Swíðra dexter, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 1. With a noun Ðín swýðre eáge, ðín swíðre hand, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 29, 30.
treówþ
truth ⬩ good faith ⬩ honour ⬩ fidelity ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an assurance of good faith
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truth, good faith, honour Ðǽr dydon þeáh Rómáne lytla triéwþa ðæt him ða wǽron láðe ðe hiera hláford beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus),in that those who had betrayed their
Linked entry: trýwþ
trucian
to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end
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person Hé undergeat ðæt his gesworene men him trucedan, and agéfon hera castelas him tó hearme, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 32. to fail, come to an end Trucaþ periclitatur, ic trucige periclitor (the passage is: Propria manu perire non licet, absque eo ubi