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| (Tale) a good tale is none the worse for being told twice. | pvb | a good story keeps it strength and interest.; [OE]
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| talking-brain | n | nerd; [OE]
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| teamful | adj | prolific; [OE]
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| telcraft | n | branch of mathematics that deals with the theory of numerical calculations; arithmetic [OE tælcræft]
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| teneth | n | A currency or coin that is a tenth of a dollar; dime, 10 cents [ten-eth]
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| thede | n | Alternate form of theode; theode, people, community, tribe, nation, theid (Alba/Scotland) [Dialectical/Obsolete, see etymology of theode]
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| thedekindred | n | ethnicity; [from OE thede meaning "nation", "tribe" and kindred meaning species]
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| theode | n | people; community, nation, tribe, thede (alternate form), theid (Scotland) [Obsolete, OE þēod, ME]
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| thewes | n | (Middle English) Qualities; High moral standards, virtues, righteousness, morality, integrity, dignity, rectitude"Mo goode thewes than hir vices badde" [(Dialectical/Obsolete) ME, OE þēaw. Can also be spelt as þewes (many variational spellings).
MED (University of Michigan): https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED45231]
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| thereright | n | instantly, immediately; [OE ðærrihte]
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| theresomeness | n | the fact or condition of being present (theresome); presence [‘there’ + ‘-some’ + ‘-ness’]
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| therestand | n | the manner in which a person or thing is placed or arranged; position [compound: ‘there’ + ‘stand’]
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| thought-drop | n | idea; mind's eye; belief, thought [OE 'thought' & 'drop']
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| thoughtstell, | n | an arrangement of thought in lore; a theory; beholding [thought + 'stell' from 'stellen' "to put, to place, to arrange"]
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| thoughtware | n | A technology invented by Hungarian inventor Gabor Sandor Acs which allows humans to communicate with a computer and between themselves without a keyboard, mouse or other mechanical device. Whatever thought appears in the mind instantly appears on the computer screen. Thoughtware is considered to be the Next Evolution in Human Communications Technology:; [OE 'thought' & 'ware']
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| tideliness | n | opportunity; [OE tidlicnes]
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| tiding | n | message, well wish; errandspeech [Used in modern English but with limited use.]
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| tillth | n | work or effort directed to useful or profitable means; work in cultivating the soil; ploughing, harrowing; the cultivation of knowledge, religion, mind; crop, harvest; land being tilled; a ploughed field; labour, cultivation, agriculture, husbandry [archaism, from OE tilþe; ‘till’ (vb) + -th]
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| do not throw away time, for it is as swift as an arrow, fast as a stream. | pvb | life passes quickly, as is gone before you realize.; []
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| time flies like an arrow, days and months like a shuttle | pvb | as an arrow flies swiftly and surely, days, nights months alternate like a weaver's shuttle to and fro; []
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| timeling | n | an indefinitely brief period of time; moment [compound: ‘time’ + ‘-ling’ (diminutive)]
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| timeworn | adj | worn out with old age, old & feeble; decrepit [putting together of OE words ‘time’ & ‘worn’]
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| tofay (tofaying) | vb | to add, addition,; [Compound: to+fay]
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| todealedness (todealtness) | n | being separate, divided, apart; division, separation, sundering, rivenness [OE. todaelednyss]
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| tor | n | hill or abrupt conical form, lofty hill, eminence, mound, grave, heap, heap of rocks; top of a hill, rocky peak; mount, peak, tumulus [OE. probably cognate with Gael. torr]
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| a good tree is a good shelter | pvb | good things have many uses; [OE]
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| truth-teller | n | one who is honest; a trustworthy person; [OE]
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| a good tongue (tung) is a good weapon | pvb | the power of the well spoken word cannot be underestimated.; [OE.]
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| a honey tongue, a heart of gall. | pvb | listen to one's words, but judge them by their actions.; [OE.]
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| turd | n | a lump or piece of excrement, excrement or ordure; faeces, dung [from OE turd, now not in polite use]
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| turdmonger | n | a vile individual; barbarian, philistine. "That turdmonger, who disdains my precious precepts, greeted me with his vile, dirty dung; barbarian, philistine; low-life. [from OE turd, now not in polite use: a lump or piece of excrement, or ordure & monger: dealer, trader; pedaller.]
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| turd-strewn | n | of an area, place dotted with animal droppings.; [from OE turd.]
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| twi-wifing | n | bigamy; polygamy [Twi: two; wife: a married woman; ing: possessing the quality of.]
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| þarf | vb/adj | 1. intrans. vb: to be under necessity or obligation (to do something) - impers. adj: needful 2. unleavened, not leavened, containing no leaven; as in unleavened bread. Unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water. Bread or cake without yeast or baking powder; as in tharf-cake; compelled, forced [1. rare, from OE þurfan - 2. OE and dialect]
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| þarm | n | an intestine; chiefly in pl. 2 an intestine as cleansed and prepared for some purposes. Also in sing., as a substance or material; catgut for fiddlestrings, etc.; intestine(s) [rare, from OE. þarm, þearm. OTeut. þarmoz: to go through. See modern English ‘thrum’]
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| þedeship | n | nationality; []
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| þedewielding | n | political entity that controls, maintains, and represents a nation or state; government [neologism using archaisms, from ‘thede’ (nation, people) (archaic) + ‘wield’ (guide, manage') (archaic meanings) + ‘-ing’]
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| þew | n | 1. accepted or habitual practice 2. the tissue of the body which contracts to exert a force and movement, physical strength; [OE þeaw 'habit, custom']
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| þild | n | patience; [OE geþyld, cf. NHG Geduld]
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| þing | vb | 1. to invite, address 2. to thrive; [1. OE þingan - 2. OE geþingan]
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| þinkly | adj | thinking deeply or seriously, tending to think; []
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| þong | n | growth; [OE geþang]
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| Þree-milk | n | the fifth month of the year (because, in the long, spring days, the cows could be milked three times between sunrise and evening); May [OE Þrimilce]
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| trek | n | voyage, travel; [From Dutch 'trek' (voyage)]
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| trektide | n | vacation; [trek (voyage) + tide (time)]
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| thringrising | vb/adj | artesian; [thring 'pressure' + rising]
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| throsm/þrosm | n | visible vapours from burning matter; smoke [literary revival, from OE þrosm 'smoke, fume' "As I Lay" ..in thresh of limbs, in choke of throsm:
nothing is behind me when I go in,]
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| truenut | n | eukaryote; [Calque from Ancient Greek: ἐΰς (eǘs, 'true') + κάρυον (káruon, 'nut')]
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| truenutlike | n | eukaryotic; ['truenut' eukaryote + 'like']
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| thrumstone | n | a fibrous mineral made into an incombustible fabric, used formerly as a fireproof insulating material.; earthstone, flaxstone, asbestos [rare, from ME thrum & stone < OE þrum 'thread' & stan 'stone']
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| þrutch | vb | to press, squeeze, crowd, throng; fig:to oppress; thrust, push; jostle; press, crowd, push, [archaic, from OE þryccan: to press]
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| þung | n | any poisonous plant.; banewort, bugbane, baneberry [archaic, from OE ðung]
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| þursand [1] | n | 1 billion; [archaic ‘thurse’ (giant) + ‘-and’ (hundred); c.f. proposed High Icelandish ‘þursund’]
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| þurse | n | giant; ettin [from Old English þyrs]
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| þware | vb | to agree, consent to; [OE þwærian]
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| þwear | vb | to stir, twirl; churn [OE þweran]
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| twimas | ' | the period between Christmas and New Year; [OE twi (two) & mass (celebration)]
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| þwine | vb | to decrease, lessen; [OE þwínan]
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| twishank | ' | a human being; a twenty (sl); a man [OE twi (two) & shank (leg)]
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| þwite | vb | to cut, whittle; snithe [archaic, from OE þwítan]
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