A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 218

+Tortuous+, _adj._ oblique (term in astrology), C3.--Lat. _tortuosus_, crooked.

+To-samen+, _adv._ together, S. (+To-+ 1.)

+To-schaken+, _v._ to shake asunder, S. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-scheden+, _v._ to part asunder; +tosched+, _pp._, S2. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-sch.e.l.len+, _v._ to sh.e.l.l, peel; +toshullen+, _pp._, PP. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-schreden+, _v._ to cut to pieces, C. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-spreden+, _v._ to scatter; +to-sprad+, _pp._, S2. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-swellen+, _v._ to swell greatly; +toswolle+, _pp._, S, PP.

(+To-+ 2.)

+To-swinken+, _v._ to labour greatly, C3. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-tasen+, _v._ to pull to pieces; +to-tose+, S. (+To-+ 2.)

+Toten+, _v._ to peep, look about, PP, S3; +tutand+, _pr. p._, projecting, pus.h.i.+ng out, S3; +totede+, _pt. s._, S3; +y-toted+, _pp._, S3. _Comb._: +tote-hylle+, _specula_, Prompt.--AS. _totian_; see SkD (s.v. _tout_).

+To-teren+, _v._ to tear to pieces, C3; +toteoren+, S; +toteore+, S; +totorne+, _pp._, PP; +totorn+, S; +totore+, C3. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-turn+, _sb._ refuge, SD. (+To-+ 1.)

+To-twicchen+, _v._ to pull apart; +totwichet+, _pr. pl._, S. (+To-+ 2.)

+Toun+, _sb._ an enclosure, farm-stead, town, S2, C, W; +toune+, PP; +tun+, S, S2; +toune+, _dat._, S2, C2. _Comb._: +toune-men+, men of the town, not rustics, PP; +tun-scipe+, the people of the farm-stead, S.

_Der._: +townish+, belonging to the town, S3.--AS. _tun_, enclosure, farm, town; cp. OHG. _zun_, hedge (Tatian).

+Tour+, _sb._ tower, S, S2, C2, PP, W2; +tur+, S; +torres+, _pl._, S2.--OF. _tur_, _tor_, _tour_: Lat. _turrem_.

+Tournen+, _v._ to turn, PP; +turnen+, S, S2, PP; +tornen+, S2, PP; +teornen+, S2; +tirnen+, S; +y-tornd+, _pp._, S2; +i-turnd+, S, S2.--AF.

_turner_; Lat. _tornare_, from _tornus_, a lathe.

+Tourneyment+, _sb._ tournament, C2.--OF. _tornoiement_.

+Towaille+, _sb._ towel, C2; +towayle+, Prompt., Voc.; +twaly+, Prompt.; +towelle+, Voc.; +towylle+, Voc.--AF. _towaille_ (_tuaille_), OF.

_touaile_ (Bartsch); Low Lat. _toacula_; of Teutonic origin, cp. OHG.

_duahila_, was.h.i.+ng-cloth; from _duahan_, also _thuahan_, to wash (Tatian). See SkD, also Kluge (s.v. _zwehle_).

+To-walten+, _v._ to roll with violence; _pt. pl._, overflowed, S2.

(+To-+ 2.)

+To-ward+, _prep._ towards, against, S, PP; +touward+, S; +towart+, S.

(+To-+ 1.)

+To-warde+, _adj._ present, as a guard or protection, PP. (+To-+ 1.)

+To-wawe+, _v._ to move about near, S2. (+To-+ 1.)

+Towker+, _sb._ a fuller; see +Tokker+.

+To-wringen+, _v._ to distort; +towrong+, _pt. s._, S. (+To-+ 2.)

+To-wrye+, _v._ to cause to go on one side, S3 (4. 164) (+To-+ 2.)

+To?eines+, _prep._ towards, S; see +To-genes+.

+To-?ere+, _adv._ this year, Cath. (+To-+ 1.)

+To-?esceoden+, _v._ to separate, S. (+To-+ 2.)

+Trace+, _sb._ track of a way over a field, +trace+, Prompt., C, SkD; +tras+, PP; +tra.s.s+, S2.

+Tracen+, _v._ to trace, to draw a picture, to trace one's way, to conduct oneself, Prompt., CM, S3; +trasen+, S3.--OF. _tracer_ (_tra.s.ser_); Late Lat. *_tractiare_, from Lat. _tract-_, base of pp. of _trahere_; see BH, -- 131.

+Trade+, _sb._ a trodden path, S3, TG, SkD, HD. See +Treden+.

+Tradicion+, _sb._ surrender, S3.--Lat. _traditionem_. Cf. +Tresoun+.

+Traitorye+, _sb._ treachery, C3, CM.

+Traitour+, _sb._ traitor, S; +traytour+, S; +treitur+, S.--AF.

_traitur_; Lat. _traditorem_.

+Tram+, _sb._ engine, machine, WA; +trammys+, _pl._, B.

+Trappe+, _sb._ the trappings of a horse, SkD; +trappys+, _pl._, SkD.

+Trapped+, _adj._ adorned with trappings, C, Prompt.

+Trappings+, _sb. pl._ ornaments, Sh.

+Trappure+, _sb._ trappings of a horse, Prompt.; +trappures+, _pl._, C.

+Trauail+, _sb._ work, labour, toil, trouble, S2, PP; +trauaille+, C2; +trawayle+, S2; +trauell+, S2; +trauel+, W, W2, H (Ps. 108. 10).--AF.

_travail_, _travaille_; Late Lat. *_trabaculum_; from Lat. _trabem_, a beam; cp. It. _travaglio_, a frame for confining unruly horses. See +Trave+.

+Trauaille+, _v._ to work, toil, travel, trouble, vex, torment, PP; +traueilen+, W, S2; +trauele+, W, W2.--AF. _travai(l)ler_, to work, to vex. See above.

+Trauailous+, _adj._ laborious, W2.

+Trave+, _sb._ a frame in which farriers confine unruly horses, CM. See +Trauail+.

+Trawed+, _pt. pl._ trowed, expected, S2; see +Trowen+.