A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 208

+Tabour+, _sb._ a small drum, SkD; +tabur+, WA; +taber+, Voc.--OF.

_tabor_, _thabour_.

+Taburne+, _sb._ a drum, _tympanum_, WA, Voc., Cath.; +taburn+, H.

+Taburner+, _sb._ a player on the tabor, _timpanista_, Cath.; +taberner+, _timpanizator_, Voc.

+Taburnystir+, _sb._ female tabor player (= _tympanistria_), H.

+Tache+, _sb._ a mark, sign, quality, stain, blemish, fault, HD; +tacche+, HD; +tacches+, _pl._, PP; +tacchis+, HD; +teches+, S2. _Der._: +tached+, _pp._, tainted, stained; +tachyd+, PP.--OF. _tache_, _teche_, and OF. _tacher_, to spot, to stain.

+Tache+, _sb._ a clasp, brooch, _fibula_, Cath. (_n_), Voc. Cf. +Takke+.

+Tachen+, _v._ to fasten, Cath. (_n_). Cf. +Takken+.

+Tacne+, _sb._ token, S; see +Tokne+.

+Tacnen+, _v._ to betoken, S; +takened+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _(ge)tacnian_.

+Tade+, _sb._ toad, _bufo_, Voc., Cath., S2; +tadde+, S. _Comb._: +tadde-chese+, _tubera_, Voc.; +tadde-pol+, _brucus_, Voc.; +tadpolle+, _lumbricus_, Voc.; +tade-stole+, _boletus_, _fungus_, Cath.--Cp. AS.

_tadige_ (_tadie_).

+Taffata+, _sb._ a thin glossy silk stuff, C, WA, Cotg.; +tafata+, Palsg.; +taffaty+, HD.--Low Lat. _taffata_ (Ducange); cp. OF. _taffetas_ (Cotg.).

+Tahte+, +Tagte+, _pt. s._ of +Techen+.

+Tai+, they, S; see +ei+.

+Taille+, _sb._ a tally, an account scored on a piece of wood, C, P; +taile+, CM, P; +tayle+, Cath., Prompt.; +taly+, Prompt.--OF. _taille_, a cut, a notch, a tally (Cotg.), from _tailler_, to cut.

+Taillour+, _sb._ tailor, S2, PP; +tayle?our+, Voc.; +tayl?or+, Voc.; +taylours+, PP.--AF. _taillour_. See above.

+Takel+, _sb._ implement, tackle, arrow, C, SkD; +tacle+, Prompt.; +takil+, B. _Der._: +takild+, _pp._, caught, seized, H.--Cp. Du.

_takel_.

+Taken+, _v._ to take, to deliver, yield up, hand over, to hit, _reflex._, to betake oneself, S, S2, S3, G, PP, W; +taecen+, S; +ta+, S2, S3, B; +toc+, _pt. s._, S: +tok+, S, S2; +tuk+, S3; +toke+, _2 pt. s._, S; +token+, _pl._, S, W2; +taken+, _pp._, S3; +take+, S2, C, C2; +y-take+, S2, C2; +i-take+, S; +tane+, S2, S3; +tan+, S2. _Phr._: +taken with+, to endure, accept, S; +taken to+, to take to, S (s.v. _tok_); +taken kepe+, to take heed, C2; +taken tome+, to vacate, H.--Icel.

_taka_.

+Taken+, _sb._ token, S2; see +Tokne+.

+Taking+, _sb._ snare; +takyng+, W2.

+Takke+, _sb._ b.u.t.ton, clasp, Prompt. Cf. +Tache+.

+Takken+, _v._ to fasten, to sew together, Prompt. Cf. +Tachen+.

+Takning+, _sb._ signification, S2; see +Toknynge+.

+Tal+, _adj._ seemly, Prompt.

+Talde+, _pt. s._ of +Tellen+.

+Tale+, _sb._ account, reckoning, tale, narrative, talk, the gospel narrative, S, S2, C2, PP. _Comb._: +tale-tellour+, tale-bearer, PP; +tale-wys+, slanderous, PP; +tal-wis+, PP.--AS. _talu_, 'numerus, narratio'; cp. OHG. _zala_ 'numerus' (Tatian).

+Talen+, _v._ to speak, C, S2.--AS. _talian_, to reckon (Grein).

+Talent+, _sb._ desire, inclination, appet.i.te, B, Prompt., C3, HD.--OF.

_talent_, desire (BH); Late Lat. _talentum_ (Ducange).

+Talvace+, _sb._ a kind of buckler or s.h.i.+eld, HD; +talvas+, HD.--OF.

_talevas_, _talvas_ (Ducange), also _tallevas_ (Cotg.); cp. Low Lat.

_talavacius_ (Ducange).

+Talyage+, _sb._ a taxing, Prompt. (s.v. _taske_); +tallage+, flavour, S3; +talage+, HD.--Low Lat. _talliagium_, a taxing, testing public weights and measures (Ducange).

+Tan+, _pp._ taken, S2; see +Take+. [[headword spelled +Taken+]]

+Tancrit+, _adj._ transcribed; +tancrete+, S3.--OF. _tancrit_; Lat.

_transcriptum_ (Ducange).

+Tang+, _sb._ sea-weed, SkD, JD. _Comb._: +tang-fish+, the seal, JD.--Icel. _ang_.

+Tangle+, _sb._ sea-weed, HD, JD.--Icel. _ongull_.

+Tangle+, _v._ to twist confusedly; +tangell+, Palsg.; +tangild+, _pp._, ensnared, H (p. 149).

+Tapecer+, _sb._ a maker of tapestry, Prompt.; +tapicer+, C; +tapesere+, Prompt.--OF. _tap.i.s.sier_, from _tapis_, _tapiz_; Late Gr. tap?t???, for tap?t???. Cf. +Tapet+.

+Tapecerye+, _sb._ tapestry, HD.--OF. _tap.i.s.serie_.

+Tapet+, _sb._ cloth, hangings, tapestry, Prompt., ND; +tappet+, HD; +tapite+, S3; +tapyt+, Voc.; +tapett+, Cath.; +tapetis+, _pl._ (= Lat.

_tapetes_), W2; +tapites+, HD; +tapets+, S3. _Der._: +tapiter+, a maker of tapestry, HD.--Lat. _tapete_, from Gr. tap?t??? Cf. +Tapecer+.

+Tapinage+, _sb._ secret sculking, HD.--OF. _tapinage_ (Ducange); cp.

_tapir_, to hide (Cotg.).

+Tap.i.s.synge+, _sb._ hangings, H.

+Tappe+, _sb._ a tap, _clipsidra_, Prompt.; +teppe+, SD. _Comb._: +tap-tre+, _clipsidra_, HD, Cath.

+Tappestere+, _sb._ a female tapster, C; +tapstare+, _propinaria_.

Prompt.

+Tarette+, _sb._ s.h.i.+p of heavy burden, S2.--Low Lat. _tareta_, also _tarida_ (Ducange); cp. OF. _taride_.

+Targe+, _sb._ a charter, Prompt.

+Targe+, _sb._ a small s.h.i.+eld, C, S2, Voc.--OF. _targe_ (BH); cp.

_targue_ (Cotg.).