tabard (A.N.) 88, _a short coat or mantle_. "Tabbard, _collobium_." Promp.
Parv. One of the stage directions in the Coventry Mysteries (p. 244) is:--
Here xal Annas shewyn hymself in his stage, be seyn after a busshop of
the hoold lawe, in a skarlet gowne, and over that _a blew tabbard_
furryd with whyte.
tacches (A.N.) 168, _stains, blemishes_
taillé (A.N.) 68, _a tally, notched stick; an account scored on a piece of
wood_. _See_ note
tailen (A.N.) _to keep an account by notches on a stick, to give a tally
for a thing_. _part. a._ tailende, 156. _part. pas._ y-tailed, 102
taken (A.S.) _to take_. _pres. s._ took, _pl._ token, toke, 398. _part.
pas._ taken
taken, take (A.S.) _to give_. _pret. s._ took, 328, _pl._ toke, token, 383
tale (A.S.) _an account, reckoning_
tale-wis (A.S.) 51, _wise in tales_
tasele (A.S.) 322, _a teasel_. The burs of this plant are used in the
manufacture of cloth
tasten (A.N.) 266, 374, _to feel_. _pret. s._ tastede, 357
techen (A.S.) _to teach_. _pret. s._ taughte, 19, taghte, 135. _part. pas._
taught, 186, y-taught, 436
tellen, telle (A.S.) _to count, tell_, 405. _pret. s._ tolde. _pl._ tolden
teme, teeme (A.S.) 118, 125, 138, 411, 412, _a team of horses_
teme (A.N.) 48, 80, 147, 209, _a theme_
tenten (A.N.) _to offer, present, to hold out, stretch forth_. _pret. pl._
tendeden, 383
tenen, tene (A.S.) 256, 320, _to injure_. _pret. s._ tened, 432
tene (A.S.) 124, 125, 145, 209, 335, _anger, hurt_
teneful (A.S.) _injurious_
termes (A.N.) 242, _terms, times for their work_
teynten (A.N.) _to die, tint_. _part. past_, y-teynted, 322
y-termyned (A.N.) 20, _judged, determined_
thanne (A.S.) _then_
thecche (A.S.) 410, _to thatch_
theen (A.S.) _to thrive, be prosperous_. so thee ik! 90, _as I may
prosper!_
thef, theef (A.S.) _pl._ theves, 239, 353, 373, _a thief_. thefliche, 389,
_thievishly_
theigh (A.S.) _though_
thenke, thynke (A.S.) 211, 228, _to think_. _pres. s._ he thenketh, 407
ther (A.S.) _there, where_. therafter, 90, _in proportion to it_. thermyd,
_herewith_
thesternesse (A.S.) 340, _darkness_
thynke (A.S.) 384, _to seem_. _pres. sing._ I thynke, me thynketh (_it
seems to me_). _pret. s._ thoghte, 1, 205, thoughte, 404
thirlen (A.S.) _to pierce, bore through_
thise (A.S.) _these_
tho (A.S.) _those, the_
tho (A.S.) _then, when_
tholien (A.S.) 70, thole, 392, _to bear, support, suffer_. _pret. s._
tholede, 251, 384, tholed, 377. _pl._ tholed, 373
thonkyng (A.S.) _thanking, thanks_
thorugh (A.S.) _through_
thow (A.S.) The second personal pronoun is in interrogative clauses
generally combined with its verb, as sestow, _seest thou_; slepestow,
_sleepest thou_, &c.
thral (A.S.) _pl._ thralles, 398, _a bond-man_
threve (A.S.) 333, _a bundle_
thridde (A.S.) 413, _third_
thringen (A.S.) _to crowd, to throng, to press forward_. _pret. pl._
thrungen, 108
tyd, tid (A.S.) 265, 334, _quickly, promptly, readily_
tidy (A.S.) 422, _clever, ready, neat_
tyen (A.S.) _to tie_
+y-tight, 461, _furnished, provided_
tikes (A.S.) 398, _low people_; literally, _dogs_. The word is still used
in Yorkshire
til (A.S.) 305, _to_
tilien, tilie, tilye (A.S.) 131, 138, 375, 410, _to till the earth_.
+_part. pas._ tylde, 461
tilthe (A.S.) 421, _tilth, the result or produce of tilling or ploughing_
tymbre (A.S.) 223, _to build_. _pret._ tymbred, 48
+tymen (A.S.) 494, _to compel_ (?) It appears to be the same word which
occurs in the alliterative poem on the Deposition of Richard II, p. 17:--
Thus lafte they the leder
That hem wrong ladde,
And _tymed_ no twynte,
But tolled her cornes,
And gaderid the grotus
With gyle, as I trowe.
tynen, tyne (A.S.) 416, _to lose_. _part. pas._ tynt, 377
titeleris (A.S. ?) 442, _tattlers_
tithe (A.S.) _tenth, tithe_
tixte (A.N.) 348, _text_
to (A.S.) _too_
to-, prefixed in composition to verbs of Anglo-Saxon origin, has the same
force as the German _zu-_, giving to the word the idea of destruction or
deterioration:--
to-bollen (A.S.) 82, _to overswell_
to-breken (A.S.) 156, _to break to pieces, break down_. _part. pas._
to-broke, 139
to-cleve (A.S.) 236, _to cleave in pieces, cut open_
to-drawen (A.S.) _to draw to pieces_, or _to destruction_. _pret._
to-drowe, 175
to-luggen (A.S.) 41, _to lug about, tear_
to-rende (A.S.) 180, _to be torn or burst to pieces_
to-shullen (A.S.) _to cut off, destroy_. _part. pas._ to-shullen, 359
toft (A.S.) _an open exposed place, a hill_
to-fore (A.S.) _before_. to-forn 235, _before_
to-gidere, to-gidres, to-gideres (A.S.) _together_
+toylyng (A.S.) 495, _tugging_
tollen (A.S.) 89, _to measure out, count_
tollers (A.S.) _toll-gatherers_
tome (A.S.) 39, _leisure, time_. This form of the word seems to have been
in use in the fourteenth century. It occurs at the commencement of the
Seven Sages:--
I sal yow tel, if I have _tome_,
Of the seven ages of Rome.
Its occurrence in Piers Ploughman shows that Weber was not right in
supposing it a mere alteration of the word _time_ for the sake of rhyme.
See also Sir F. Madden's Glossary to Gawayne
tonder (A.S.) 362, _tinder_
+too (A.S.) _pl._ ton, 476, 489, _a toe_
torne (A.N.) 428, _to turn_. _pret. s._ tornede, 321, torned, 265, _turned_
torne, 325, turne, 324 (A.S.) _to turn_ (intransitive)
toten (A.S.) 331, 459, 461, _to look, observe, to peep_. _pret. s._ toted,
471. _pl._ toteden, 476. _part. past_, y-toted, 464
touken (A.S.) _to dye_. _part. pas._ y-touked, 322
toune, 315, _a tun_. Perhaps it should be printed _tonne_.
tour (A.N.) _a tower_
travaille (A.N.) _to labour_
traversen (A.N.) 245, _to transgress_
treden (A.S.) _to tread_. _pret. pl._ troden, 223. +_pret. s._ tredede,
476, _trod_
tree, 330 (A.S.) _pl._ trowes, 300, _a tree_
tresor (A.N.) _a treasure_
triacle, tryacle (A.N.) _a remedy, a cure_
tricherie (A.N.) _treachery, cunning, trickery_
trie (A.N.) 305, 330, _choice, select_. trieste, 23, _most choice_,
trieliche, _choicely_
+tryfler (A.S.) 479, _a trifler, a deceiver, a good-for-nothing_
+troiflardes (A.S.) 494, _triflers, idlers_
trollen (A.S.) 387, _to draw, to drag_
tronen (A.N.) _to throne_
trowe (A.S.) 358, _to believe, think, suppose_. trowestow, 237, _thinkest
thou_
trufle (A.S.) 236, 378, trefle, 471, _a silly tale, trifle,
good-for-nothing thing_ or _person_
trumpen (A.N.) _to sound a trumpet_. _pret. s._ trumpede, 395
tulien (A.S.) _to labour, to till_. _pret. pl._ tulieden, 277. _part. act._
tulying, 277
tweye (A.S.) _two_
twies (A.S.) _twice_
+twynnen (A.S.) 480, _to couple together_