A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 222

+Twikken+, _v._ to twitch, s.n.a.t.c.h, pull slightly but quickly, Prompt.; +twychyn+, Prompt.; +twyghte+, _pt. s._, CM; +twight+, _pp._, CM.

+Twine+, _sb._ doubled thread; +twines+, _gen._, S.--AS. _twin_.

+Twinen+, _v._ to twist, S; +twined+, _pp._, S; +twyned+, PP.

+Twingen+, _v._ to pain, afflict, SkD; +twungen+, _pp._, SkD.--Cp. G.

_zwingen_.

+Twinging+, _sb._ affliction, S2.

+Twinken+, _v._ to wink, Prompt., G.

+Twinklen+, _v._ to twinkle, Prompt.

+Twinne+, _num._ two apiece, two at a time, S; +twynne+, S2; +tuin+, S2.--Icel. _tvinnr_.

+Twinnen+, _v._ to separate, C2; +twynnen+, S2, S3, H; +twyne+, S3; +twyn+, S2, H; +tuyn+, H; +twynned+, _pt. pl._, PP, S3.

+Twyes+, _adv._ twice, S2, C2, C3, PP.--Formed with suffix _-es_ on AS.

_twiwa_. See +Tweye+.

+Twyste+, _sb._ bough, Cath., S3; +twist+, B, S2, C2, CM; +twest+, S3.--Cp. ODu. _twist_.

+Twyste+, _v._ to strip the boughs, _defrondare_, Cath.

+Twyster+ (of trees), _sb._ a stripper of boughs, _defrondator_, Cath.

+Tycement+, _sb._ enticement, HD.

+Tycen+, _v._ to entice, instigate, provoke, Prompt., Manip., S; +tisen+, PP; +tyse+, HD (s.v. _tise_). See +Atisen+.

+Tykel+, _adj._ unsteady, uncertain, CM.

+Tyle+, _sb._ tile, Prompt.; +tyil+, Prompt.; +tyyl+, S2. _Comb._: +tyle-stone+, tile, brick, Prompt.; +tiyl-stoon+ (= Lat. _testa_), W2.--AS. _tigele_; Lat. _tegula_.

+Tymber+, _sb._ timber, wood for building, Voc., PP; +tymbre+, PP.--AS.

_timber_.

+Tymbre+, _v._ to frame, build, PP; +timbrin+, S, S2.--AS. _timbrian_: Goth. _timrjan_; cp. OHG. _zimbron_ (Tatian).

+Tymbre+, _sb._ the crest of a helmet, also a helmet, WA; +timber+, Cotg.; +tymbrys+, _pl._, B.--OF. _timbre_ (Cotg.); Lat. _tympanum_; Gr.

t?pa???; cp. SkD (s.v. _timbrel_).

+Tyme+, _sb._ time, due season, S, C2, C3, PP; +tyme+, _pl._, C2; +tymes+, C2. _Comb._: +tymeful+, seasonable, early, W; +timliche+, quickly, S.--AS. _tima_; cp. Icel. _timi_.

+Tymen+, _v._ to betide, S2.--AS. _(ge)timian_.

+Tynd+, _sb._ the tine or p.r.o.ng of a deer's horn, the spike of a harrow, JD, SkD; +tyndis+, S3.--AS. _tind_ (Voc.); cp. Icel. _tindr_.

+Tyne+, _adj._ tiny, WA.

+Tyne+, _sb._ p.r.i.c.kle, Prompt.

+Tyne+, _v._ to lose, S2, PP, H; +tine+, S2, H; +tynt+, _pp._, S2, PP, H. _Der._: +tynsil+, loss, ruin, H; +tinsill+, H.--Icel. _tna_, to lose, to destroy, _tnask_, to perish, from _tjon_, loss, damage.

+Tynen+, _v._ to enclose, S2; +tinen+, S; +tunen+, S.--AS. _tnan_, from _tun_. See +Toun+.

+Tynken+, _v._ to ring, tinkle, W.

+Tynkere+, _sb._ tinker, PP.

+Tynsale+, _sb._ loss, harm, B. See +Tyne+.

+Tyred+, _pp._ attired, dressed, S2; see +Atyren+. [[Addition]]

+Tysane+, _sb._ a drink, Prompt.--OF. _tisane_, barley-water; Lat.

_ptisana_, pearl-barley, also barley-water; Gr. pt?s???.

+Tysyk+, _sb._ consumption, S2, Prompt.; +tysike+, Cath.--OF. _tisique_ (Bartsch); Lat. _phthisica_, consumptive disease; from Gr. f??s?? decay; cp. It. _tisica_.

+Tyyl+, _sb._ tile, S2; see +Tyle+.

U, V (vowel).

+Uggen+, _v._ to dread, to shudder at, HD; +ug+, H; +huge+, H; +uggis+, _pr. s._, H; +uggid+, _pt. s._, H.--Icel. _ugga_.

+Uggynge+, _sb._ shuddering, horror, H.

+Ugly+, _adv._ dreadful, horrible, H, SkD; +uglike+, SkD.--Icel.

_uggligr_.

+Ugsom+, _adj._ frightful, SkD (s.v. _ugly_).

+Uhte+, _sb._ the part of the night before daybreak; +u?ten+, _dat._, S, SD.--AS. _uhte_: OS. _uhta_: Goth. _uhtwo_; cp. OHG. _uohta_, Icel.

_otta_, see Weigand (s.v. _ucht_), and Fick, 7. 9.

+Uhten-tid+, _sb._ early morning-time, SD.

+Uht-song+, _sb._ morning-chant, matins, SD.--AS. _uht-sang_.

+Ulke+, _adj._ the same, S; see +Ilke+.

+Umbe+, _prep._ about, around, WA, S; +ummbenn+, S; +embe+, S.--AS.

_ymbe_ (_embe_): OHG. _umbi_ (Otfrid), OS. _umbi_.

+Vmbe-cast+, _v._ to cast about, consider, ponder, B; +umbekestez+, _pr.

s._, S2.