Staff T of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
talecraft | tælcræft | n | arithmetic |
talemark | tælmearc | n | a date (in time) |
talemete | tælmet | n | a measure expressed by number |
talesome | tælsum | adj | numerous |
tallow | telgan | vb | to dye |
talter | tealtrian | vb | to shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady; to be in an uncertain or precarious condition |
tarrow | targe | n | a small shield |
tavel | tæfl | n | gaming table, boardgame, die for gaming (?) |
teaken | tǣcnan | vb | to present |
tealworthy | tǣlwirþe | adj | blasphemous, calumnious, reprehensible |
tee | tēon | vb | to make, arrange, contrive, ordain |
teigh | teohhian | vb | to intend, to suppose |
termen | termen | n | term, fixed date |
terve | tyrfan | vb | to afflict |
thankle | geþancol | adj | mindful, thoughtful, considerate |
thankle | þancol | adj | acute, prudent, wise |
thanklemood | þancolmód | adj | 'prudent, wise, attentive' |
tharf | þearf | n | 'need, necessity' |
thearl | þearl | adj | severe, strict, vigourous |
tharve | þearfian | vb | to need |
thasledge | þæslǣcan | vb | to agree, to accord, to fit |
thaught | þeaht | n | counsel, advice |
thaught | þeahtian | vb | to take counsel, to consult |
thaughter | þeahtere | n | counsellor |
thaughting | geþeahting | n | counsel, consultation, deliberation, agreement, concilium, consensus |
thave | þafian | vb | to allow, approve, suffer, tolerate |
thavel | þefel | n | mulled wine (?) |
thaver | geþafa | n | favourer, supporter, consenter, assenter |
thavesome | geþafsum | adj | consenting, agreeing, tolerating |
thaving | þafung | n | consent, toleration, permission |
thay | þecgan | vb | to take, accept, consume |
thay | þegu | n | a taking, acceptance, consumption |
thedge | þecge | n | a receptacle (?) |
theed | geþēode | n | language |
theedbale | þēodbealu | n | a grievous ill, a national disaster |
theeden | þēoden | n | a leader of a people, a chieftain |
theedend | þēodend | n | translator |
theedenhold | þēodenhold | adj | faithful to a lord, loyal |
theedfiend | þēodfēond | n | a public enemy, the arch-enemy |
theedheer | þēodhere | n | a national army, the military force of a people |
theedland | þēodland | n | territory; a territory, an inhabited district, a region |
theedly | þēodlīc | adj | social, intimate, gentile, of a people |
theedness | geþēodnes | n | conjugation; a conjunction, a juncture |
theedship | þēodscipe | n | a people, a fellowship, a nationality |
theedsteven | þēodstefn | n | a stock, a nation, a people |
theedwit | þēodwita | n | a senator; a sage |
theenest | þēnest | n | service |
theet | þēotan | vb | to howl like a wolf |
then | þennan | vb | to stretch, extend |
thengle | þengel | n | prince |
thester | þēostre | adj | dark, gloomy |
thester | þēostrian | n | darken, make gloomy, obscure, dim the lights |
thester | þēostru | n | darkness, dimness of sight, gloom |
theve | þefian | vb | to pant, gasp, huff; to be agitated |
thewed | þēawod | adj | well-mannered, moral |
thewen | þēowen | n | bondswoman, female servant, slave woman |
thewet | þēowet | n | slavery, servitude, bondage |
thewetly | þēowetlīc | adj | servile |
thewfast | þēawfæst | adj | moral, virtuous, well-mannered |
thewfastness | þēawfæstness | n | adherence to moral or expected behaviour, etiquette |
thewly | þēawlīc | adj | usual, customary |
thickfold | þicfeald | adj | 'dense' |
thickle | þiccol | adj | corpulent |
thide | þȳde | adj | 'good, virtuous' |
thieffee | þīfefeoh | n | stolen goods |
thiefshoal | þēofscolu | n | a gang or band of thieves |
thie | þicgan | vb | to receive |
thile | þyle | n | orator, spokesman |
thilecraft | þylcræft | n | elocution, rhetoric |
thild | þyld | n | patience |
thild | þyldian | vb | to bear, endure with patience |
thildy | geþyldig | adj | patient |
thill | geþyll | n | air, breeze |
thill | þyllan | vb | to calm, assuage |
thilling | þiling | n | plank flooring, boarding; a deck of a ship |
thind | þindan | vb | to swell, to swell with pride |
thinen | þīnen | n | female thane, baroness |
thingth | þyncþ | n | honor, dignity, rank |
thir | þyrran | vb | to dry |
thire | þīr | n | female servant |
thirl | þyrlian | vb | to pierce, perforate |
thitherleedish | þiderléodisc | adj | native ("of that people/nation") |
thole | þolian | vb | to endure |
tholebird | þolebyrde | adj | 'patient, enduring' |
tholemood | þolemōd | adj | 'patient, forbearing, enduring' |
tholing | þolung | n | 'passion' |
thore | þāra | art | of the (plural) |
thother | þōðor/þōðer | n | ball, sphere |
thrafe | þrafu | n | 'urge, urgency, compulsion' |
thrave | þrafian | vb | 'urge, compel' |
threag | þrēagan | vb | to rebuke, chastis' |
threal | þrēal | n | 'discipline, punishment' |
threap | þrēapian | vb | to reprove, correct |
thrithe | þrȳð | n | 'might, power, strength, majesty, splendor' |
thritheful | þrȳðful | adj | 'strong, powerful, majestic' |
thrithely | þrȳðlic | adj | 'strong, powerful, majestic' |
thritheword | þrȳðword | n | 'lofty speech, noble/eloquent discourse' |
thrithy | þrȳðig | adj | 'strong, powerful, majestic' |
throssom | þrosm | n | 'vapour' |
throught | þroht | n | oppression, labour, endurance' |
throughty | þrohtic | adj | 'enduring, persistent' |
throughfare | þurhfaran | vb | to penetrate, pierce, go through |
throughwon | þurhwunian | vb | to continue |
throughwonness | þurhwunenes | n | perseverence |
thrum or thrim | þrum | n | 'glory' |
thrumfast or thrimfast | þrymfæst | adj | 'glorious' |
thrutch | þryccan | vb | to press, repress |
thurse | þyrs | n | 'giant, demon' |
thware | þwǣre | adj | agreeable, harmonious |
thwee | þwēan | vb | to wash, cleanse |
thweel | þwēal | n | 'soap, laver' |
thweer | þweorh | adj | 'cross, traverse; adverse, opposed; crooked, bent; angry; perverse, depraved' |
thweer-furrow | þweorhfuru | adj | 'cross-furrow' |
thweership | þwēorscipe | adj | 'perversity, depravity, inequity' |
thweerteam | þweortīme | adj | 'contentious, perverse, wicked' |
thwine | þwīnan | vb | to decrease, lessen |
thwite | þwītan | vb | to cut, whittle |
tite | tytan | vb | to sparkle, shine |
tiver | tēafor | n | pigment, material used for colouring, cinnabar; a gum resin of some kind |
tiver | *tīefran {atiefran} | vb | to paint, describe by painting |
tivering | tīfrung/tīefring | n | painting |
tochare | tōcyrran | vb | to part |
todeal | tōdǣlan | vb | to divide |
todrese | tōdrēosan | vb | to perish, decay |
toeethe | tōēðian | vb | to inspire |
tofare | tōfaran | vb | to disperse |
toforlet | *tōforlǣtan | vb | to dismiss |
tolie | tōlicgan | vb | to lie or run in different directions |
toleese | tōlȳsan | vb | to dissolve, loosen |
tolet | tōlǣtan | vb | to relax, release |
tomark | tōmarcian | vb | to distinguish |
tonim | tōniman | vb | to take part, seperate |
tosend | tōsendan | vb | to disperse |
toset | tōsettan | vb | to dispose |
toseethe or tosoothe | tōsēðan | vb | to prove, test |
toshed | tōgescēadan | vb | to interpret, expound |
toshed | tōscēadan | vb | separate |
toshend | tōscendan | vb | to destroy |
tospeech | tōsprǣc | n | 'conversation' |
tostand | tōstandan | vb | to differ, stand apart |
tostick | tōstician | vb | to pierce |
totell | tōtellan | vb | to distinguish |
totheen | tōþēnian | vb | to minister to, attend upon |
totheed | tōgeðēodan | vb | to adhere, adjoin |
tothwine | tōþwīnan | vb | to disappear |
touder | tūdor | n | 'offspring' |
touderfast | tūdorfæst | adj | 'fertile' |
touderspeed | tūdorspēd | n | 'fertility' |
towardness | tōwearndnes | n | 'future' |
towend | towendan | vb | to overthrow, subvert, destroy, fordo |
towird | tōwyrd | n | 'opportunity' |
towite | tōwītan | vb | to depart, pass away |
towrite | tōwrītan | vb | to describe |
towrithe | tōwrīðan | vb | to distort, twist apart |
trendle | trendel | n | 'sphere' |
trendleness | trendelnes | vb | to circuit,surrounding space |
trey | tregian | vb | to trouble, harass |
trimth | trymð | n | stength, support |
trough | trāg | adj | evil, bad |
trow, trew | trēow | n | trust |
trowfast | trēowfæst | adj | faithful, loyal |
trum | trum | adj | firm, secure |
trum | truma | n | 'array, legion, order, regular, troop' |
tungle | tungol | n | planet, moon, star |
tunglecraft | tungolcræft | n | astronomy |
tunglespeech | tungolsprǣc | n | astrology |
twee | twēo | n | doubt, ambiguity |
tween | twēonian | vb | to doubt, hesitate, be uncertain |
tweenle | twēonel | adj | 'doubtful' |
twifold | twifeald | adj | 'ambiguous' |