Sometimes the firft the is omitted, as in the phrafes ever lenger the werfe, 3870; ever lenger the more, 8563. See P. 264; for certes if a man hadde a dedly wound, ever the lenger that he taried to warishe himfelf the more wold it corrupt-and also the wound wold be the werfe for to hele.

The, v. Sax. to thrive. See the n. on ver. 3862.
Thedome, n. Sax. thrift, fuccefs, 13335.
Thefely, adj. Sax. like a thief, L.W. 1779.
Thennes, thenne, adv. Sax. thence, 5463, 6723.
Thennes forth, adv. Sax.; from thennesforth, 13495,
from that time forward.

Theodomas, pr. n. 9594. See the note.

Theophraft, pr. n. 9170. See the Difcourfe, &c. n. 19, and the n. on ver. 9172.

Ther, adv. Sax. there, in that place, is frequently used in the fenfe of where, 7348, 7378, 12059. Ther, in composition, fignifies that, without including any idea of place. See Here. Therabouten,939; theragain, 7070; therbeforne, 2036; therby, 7786; therfore, 777; therfro, R. 4941; thergaine, R. 6555 ; therof, 3781; theron, 161; therto, 153; therwith, 3780; therwithall, 568.

Thewes, n. pl. Sax. manners, qualities, 8285, 9416. Thider, adv. Sax. thither, to that place, 1265. Thiderward, adv. Sax. toward that place, 2532. Thilke, adj. Sax. this fame, that fame, 5600, 5759. Thinke, v. Sax. to confider, 12261: it is very frequently used as an imperfonal in the pr. and pa. t. in the fenfe of feemeth or feemed; me thinketh, 3170; him thinketh, 3614; him thoughte, 956; hire though te, 9838; how thinketh you? 7786; hem thoughte,828 2. Thinne, adj. Sax. flender, small, 9556; a thinne ima gination, Bo. iii. pr. 3, tenui imagine; a thinne fufpi cion, Bo. iii. pr. 12; tenui fufpicione.

Thirle, v. Sax. to pierce through, 2712.
This, pron. demonft. Sax. is fometimes put for the
prepofitive article, 12619.

Thife, pl. 6142, 11508.

Tho, prep. art. pl. da. Sax. ufed as a demonstrative
pronoun, thofe, 2315, 2353, 12482; M. 286.
Tho, adv. Sax. then, 2214, 2393.

Thole, v. Sax. to fuffer, 7128; and what mifchefe and
male ease Chrift for man thaled, P. P. 65, b.

Thore, R. 1853, is put for there, for the fake of the rhyme.

Thorpe, n. Sax. a village, 8075, 17323.

Thoughten, pa. t. pl. of thinke, v. Sax. 7612.
Thrall, n. Sax. a slave or villain, P. 259.
Thralle, v. to enflave, T. ii. 773-
Thrafte, pa. t. of threfte, 12194.

Thred-bare, adj. Sax. having the threads bare, the nap being worn away, 16358.

Thremote, Du. 376, fhould be written in two words,
thre mote, as in the Bodl. mff. Mot, n. Fr. is explain-
ed by Cotgrave to fignify, among other things, the
note winded by a huntfman on his horn.
Threpe, v. Sax. to call, 16294.

Threfte, v. Sax. to thrust, 2614,9877.
Threfwold, n. Sax. a threshold, 3482, 8164,

Threte, v. Sax. to threaten, L.W. 754.

Threttene, num. Sax. thirteen, 7841.

Thridde, adj. Sax. third, 1465, 2273.

Thrie, thries, adv. Sax. thrice, 63, 564; T. ii. 89,1285. Thrilled, for thirled, pa. t. of thirle, R. 7636.

Thringe, v. Sax. to thrust, R. 7419; T. iv. 66.

Thrifte, pa. t. of threfte, T. iii. 1580.

Thronge, pa. t. of thringe, 10227.

Thropes, for thorpes, A. F. 350.

Thralel, n. Sax. a thrush, 13699.

Throw, n. Sax. time; but a throw, 5373, but a little while; any throw, 14142, any space of time; many a throw, 16409, many times.

Thrust, for thurst, n. Sax. thirst, R. 5713.

Thrufty, for thurfty, adj. Sax. thirsty, Magd. 708. Thurgh, prep. Sax. through, 2614, 9-by means of, 1330, I.

Thurghfare, n. Sax. a paffage, 2849.

Thurghout, prep.Sax. throughout, quite through, 1098, 2569.

Thurrok, n. Sax. the hold of a ship, P. 176. See the

note.

Thwitel, n. Sax. a whittle, cultellus, 3931.

Thwitten, part. pa. chipped with a knife, whittled, R. 933; bien dolé, orig.

Tidde, part. pa. of tide, v. Sax. happened; thee thulde never have tidde so faire a grace, T. i. 908, so fair a fortune should never have happened to thee. Tidife, n. 10962. See the note.

Tikel, adj. Sax. uncertain, 3428.

Til, prep. Sax. to, 2067, 2966; hire till, 10812, to her. Timbeftere, n. R. 769, is fuppofed by Lye, [Etym. Ling. Angl. in v.] to mean the fame with tombeftere. The orig. French has been quoted above in v. Sailours, which Chaucer has thus imitated;

There was many a timbestere

And failours, that I dare well fwere
Ycouthe hir craft full parfitly.

'The timbres up full fubtilly

Thei caften, and hent hem full oft
Upon a finger faire and soft,

That thei ne failed never mo.

According to this description it should rather feem that a timbefiere was a woman, [fee the n. on ver. 2019,] who plaid tricks with timbres, (basons of fome

fort or other) by throwing them up into the air and catching them upon a single finger; a kind of balance-miftrefs.

Timbres, n. pl. Fr, R. 772, bafons. See Timbeftere.
Tipet, n. Sax. a tippet, 3951.

Tipped, part. pa, headed, covered at the tip or top,

7319, 7322.

Tiptoon, n. pl. Sax. tiptoes, the extremities of the toes, 15313.

Tire, v. Fr. to pluck, to feed upon in the manner of hirds of prey,T. i. 788; for loke how that a gofhauke tyreth, Conf. Am. 132, b.

Tiffue, n. Fr. a riband, T. ii. 639.

Tite, for tidetb, T. i. 334, happeneth.
Titering, n. Sax, courtship, T. ii. 1744.
Titleles, adj. Sax. without title, 17172.

Titus Livius, pr. n. 11935, L. W. 1681, the Roman hiftorian.

To, adv. Sax. too, 877, 996.

To, prep. Sax. to day, 7758, 7821, on this day; to morwe, 782, 1612, on the morrow, the following day; to yere, 5750, T. iij. 242, F. i, 84, in this year.

To, in compofition with verbs, is generally augmentative, 2611; the helmes they to-hewen and tofhrede, i. e. hewe and cut to pieces, 2613; the bones they to-brefte,i.e. break in pieces ; to-brosten, 2693, to-dashed, T. ii. 640, much bruifed; to-rent, 12036, rent in pieces; to-fwinke, 12453, labour greatlySometimes the adv. all is added; al-to-rent, 14267, all-to-fhare, R. 1858, entirely cut to pieces; all-tohent, ibid. 1903, entirely ruined.

Tofore, toforen, prep. Sax. before, M. 278.
Togithers, adv. Sax. together, T. iv. 1322.
Told, pa. t. of tell, v. Sax. accounted, 14404.

Tombeftere, n. Sax. a dancing woman, T. L. ii. 326, b.
Tombefleres, pl. 12411. See the n.

Tomedes, T. ii. 1201, fhould be written as two words; to mede or to medes, according to the Saxon ufage, fignifies for reward, in return.

Tone, n. pl. Sax. toes, 14868; F. iii. 938.

Tonne-gret, adj, of the circumference of a tun, 1996. Toos, n. pl. 13337, as Tone.

Toretes, n. pl. Fr. rings. See the note on ver. 2154. Torne, v. Fr. to turn, 2320; the devil out of his skinne him torne! 16742, may the devil turn him infide out! Torned, part. pa. 16639.

Tortuous, adj. Fr, oblique, winding, 4722.

Toteler, n. a whisperer, L. W. 353; totelar, fufurro, Prompt. Pars.

Totty, adj. Sax, dizzy, 4251.

Taugh, adj. Sax. difficult; and maketh it full tough, 13309, and takes a great deal of pains; or make it tough,T. v. 101, or take pains about it. See alfo T. ii. 1025, iii. 87; and made it neither tough ne queint, Du. 531, made no difficulty or strangeness;

Al be it ye make it never fa tewche,

To me your labour is in vane.

Mf. Maitland, The Mourning Maiden.

Will. Swane makis wonder tewche.

Ibid. Peblis to the play, ft. 21.

Tought, adj. Sax. tight, 7849.

Tour, n. Fr. a tower, 1032.

Tournet, n. R. 4164, fhould be written tourette, as in mf. Hunter, a turret or fmall tower.

Tout, n. the back fide, 3810, 3851.
Towail, n. Fr. a towel, 14663, 14671.
Torvardes, prep. Sax. toward, 12640.

Towel, n. 7730, is perhaps put for tewel, a pipe, the fundament.

Trace, n. Fr. a track or path, 176-a train, L.W. 285: Trade, pa. t. of tread, v. Sax. trod, 15184.