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tabean brirben (kame), II, 217, 2, 4: printed by Herd, Tabean birben. Jamieson conjectured for Tabean, ‘made at Tabia, Italy.’ Dr C. Mackay very properly remarks that Tabia was not known as a place of manufacture for combs. He suggests a Gaelic origin: taobh, a side, taobhan, sides; bior, a pin, point, prickle, the tooth of a comb; bean, a woman; whence taobhan bior bean, the side comb of a woman. Whether this is good Gaelic, I am myself unable to say; but it is a simple criticism that a woman’s hair is not combed with a side-comb. The passage is undoubtedly corrupt. In IV, 471, 2, we have, a haw bayberry kame, also corrupt; bayberry was heard for whatever tabean brirben stands for. One copy had birchen, IV, 471, note to 221.
table, take vp the, III, 29, 142: take away. the tables were laid on trestles and easily handled, removed, and, as we often see in ballads, kicked over. drew her table, V, [304], 13: see explanation at V, [304] a.
tack (of needlework), II, 30, L 1: attachment by stitching, needle-tack, II, 217, 5.
tack, took.
tacken, taiken, IV, 515, 12: token.
tae, II, 147, 4: too.
tae, the tae, ==ae, one. See tane.
taen, tane, tean, teyne, p. p., taken.
taiglet, taiglit, IV, 195, 4; 196, 9: tarried.
taiken, tacken, I, 396, 5, 6: token.
Tailliant, Talliant, II, 383, 22, 24, 25; 385, 23, 25, 26; 387, 17, 19, 20; 388, 16, 18, 19: Italian.
taipy-tapples, I, 303, D 5: misreading of saipy-sapples, which see.
tait. See tate.
take, V, [277], 2: talk.
take, III, 60, 72, 76; 62, 123; 65, 194; 73, 351; 110, 9: hand over, give. I, 465, 18; 472, 28; II, 108, 17; 271, 17; 273, 23; III, 110, 18; 472, 9; IV, 508, 5: deliver a blow, strike.
take on (lawing), IV, 175, N 4: run up (reckoning).
take road, take foot, II, 62 b, 14: make off.
take sworne, III, 340, 34; IV, 504, 34; V, [52], 73: take an oath of, put under oath.
take truce, II, 443, 39; 449, 44; III, 469 a: take trewes, pledges of good faith, for suspension of hostility. take peace, III, 278 f., 3, 6: perhaps formed upon take truce.
take up (the table), III, 29, 142: clear away (remove the boards). See table. take up (dogs), III, 125, 35, 36: stop, restrain, call off(?).
take with, III, 413, 47; IV, 334, 13: take up with, put up with, submit to.
takle, takyll, III, 70, 288; 75 f., 398, 404: arrow.
talbott, III, 333, 28: a species of hound.
talents.
The talents of golde were on her head sette
Hanged low downe to her knee.
II, 52, 17: talents probably refers to the weight or value of gold worn in massive ornaments (cf. a weight of goud hung at her chin, I, 472, 24). It is not likely that the lady wore coins.
talk, IV, 13, 12: should probably be lack, reproach, blame. The reading in A 18; D 5, is suspicious; lack, reproach, is in E 16.
talkitive, IV, 13, D 8: used for talkativeness.
Talliant. See Tailliant.
tamper ye at, keep ye up and, IV, 226, 13: seems to be corrupt, cf. 221, 17, keep ye up i temper guid. tamper may be meant for temper, in the sense of putting a machine into working order, try expedients to humor or manage you.
tane, the tane, the tither, tother, I, 253, 1; II, 104, 30; 132, 18; 190, 42; 212, 16. See tean, ton.
tane, taen, tean, teyne, p. p., taken. tane with me, IV, 98, 12: occupied, engrossed, captivated (seized or smitten with compassion for, love?) tane sworn (I am), V, [52], 73: of one who has taken an oath.
tangle, V, [259] a, 11: sea-weed.
taps, V, [173], 8: tops, tips (of heather).
Targalley, V, [141], c 1, 2: perhaps a corruption of Turk (Turkish) galley, cf. C, a, f, g.
targats, targits, III, 363, note *; 371, 26, 27: tassels.
targe, III, 75, 385: “Targe or chartyr. Carta.” Prompt. Parv. “quatre grosses blancs appellés targes.” Ducange, targa. (Corrected from tarpe.)
tarlottus, tynkerris in tarlottus, III, 41 b(?).
tarnd, V, [303] a: turned.
tarpe, III, 75, 385; 80, 385: emended to targe.
tasse, V, [37], 9: cup (tarse in MS.).
tate, tait, teet, tet, tette, I, 86, 15; 130, E 14; 323, 2; II, 189, 23; 191, 18; 194, 27; 389, 16; IV, 449, 15: lock (of hair, of mane).
tattles, tittles, I, 302, B 7: tits, bits.
taucher, toucher, tocher, dowry. See toucher.
tauchy, I, 302, 10: greasy.
taul, told.
taunt, bide to taunt, II, 272, 11: endure taunting(?).
tay, tie.
tayened, tayned, V, [228], 26, 27: (tined) lost, killed.
teacht, IV, 150, g 25, 30: taught.
teall, tale.
tean, IV, 456 f., 5, 24; 515, 12; V, [36], 11, 15: taken. See taen.
tean, the tean, the eather, V, [224], 27: the one, the other. See tane.
tear begane this spurn, III, 310, 65: see note, 307.
tee, IV, 446, 7:==tie, 447, 7. glove tee, V, [300], 10, 16, 19.
tee, ti, I, 300, 7, 9, 15; II, 30, 4: to, too.
teem, toom, II, 169, 13; IV, 182, F 5: empty.
teem, I, 444, G b 2: pour.
teemed, II, 435, 36: allowed.
teen, teene, tithe. See teind.
teene, tene, I, 328, 40; III, 24, 48; 37, 63; 60, 78; 62, 128; 66, 211; 72, 329; 230, 70; 412, 22; 443, 1: injury, wrath, vexation, annoyance, grief, trouble.
teenouslye, III, 366, 21: angrily,
teet. See tate.
teeth, I, 305, A 12: tooth.
teind, teein, tiend, tene, teen, I, 342, 24; 344, 23; 350, 28; 354, 32; 452, 3; III, 504 b, 9; IV, 456, 15; 458, 16: tithe.
teindings, IV, 455, 18: tithings.
tell, till, to.
tempeng, tempen, V, [165] f., 6, 9, 10: tempting.
temper, set them up in temper wood, IV, 222, 20: corrupted, as will appear from the conclusion of the other versions. Parts of two stanzas are mixed.
tene, v., III, 110, 13: do harm to.
tene, n. See teene.
tenements, V, [77], 38: holdings (whether of lands or houses does not appear here).
tenish, V, [245] a, 8: tennis.
tent, n., II, 139, 11; IV, 223, 3; 390, 4: heed.
tent, v., I, 74, 81; III, 478, 28: take care of, guard, watch.
tet, tette. See tate.
tew, V, [303] a: two.
teyne, IV, 504, 26: taken. See taen.
teytheyng, tythyng, V, [79], 25: tidings,
tha, then. See tho.
tha, V, [296] a: the.
thae, I, 369, 3; 427, 15; 447, 14; II, 190, 43; IV, 69, 12; 258, 27; 470, 28, 29: they, them, those, these.
thairbut, thairben, IV, 291, after 11: out there, in there.
thar, I, 334, 8: it is necessary (it is not necessary to hinder thee of thine errand).
that, II, 451, 93: till that.
that, imperative particle, anone that you tell me! III, 27, 118. no peny that I se! III, 58, 41; 68, 246. no ferther that thou gone! III, 67, 219.
that, superfluous, I, 273, 38; 284, 7; II, 58, 6; 433, 3; 434, 16, 18; 436, 59; 437, 89; 442, 18; 444, 41; III, 276, 1; 277, 18, 19; 341, 46, 54, 57; 413, 39; IV, 503, 8; V, [48], 6. (Very common in the Percy MS., where all the above, excepting one, occur.)
that, plur., that two lords, II, 130, 28, 29. See this.
that ... his==whose, IV, 330, Appendix, 2.
that was her own, II, 73, 20: that referring to roses and ribbons, or the bridal relation, or to both.
the, thé, I, 284 f., 9, 30; III, 307 f., 3, 8, 12, 25, 28; 419 f., 14, 33; 421, 45, 65; 477, 4; 479, 38; V, [263], 7, 9, 11, 12: they.
the, thé, I, 296, 50: thee.
the day, I, 356, 56; II, 32, Q 2; 248, 5; 285, 14: to-day.
the morn, II, 104, 18; III, 480, 18; 482, 14; 488, 19; V, [300], 17; [307], 7: to-morrow. the morn’s nicht, II, 208, C 9: to-morrow night.
the night, the nicht, I, 303, C 4; 304, E 4; III, 480, 18; 488, 19; V, [299] a, 1: to-night.
the streen, yestreen. See streen.
the, IV, 494, 29: to be corrected to she; they in the next line to mean the mill-people.
the, thee, then, thye, II, 164, 17; III, 67, 234; 78, 452; 113, 81; V, [76], 11; [79], 14; [82] f., 25, 27, etc.: thrive, prosper.
thee, III, 6, 20: for thou.
theek, I, 253, 4: thatch, pret. and p. p. theekit, theekd, IV, 76 f., 1, 2, 4; 458 b, 9: thatched, roofed.
theer, V, [296] a: there.
thegither, thegithar, thegether, III, 261, 3; V, [217] b, No 49, 1: together.
their. See thir.
then, v. See the.
there, the diel o there, III, 488, 26: seems to mean of that; but we have, devil be there in 43, as an equivalent phrase.
there, III, 504 a, 14; IV, 465, 25, 26; 485, 24; 510 a, 2: there is. III, 489, 9: there are (or, there is, Scottice).
there down, downwards, down.
theretoo, III, 64, 172: besides.
thes, III, 111, 34; 113, 76: thus. See this.
they, II, 434 f., 25, 38; 437, 78; 442 f., 19, 29: the (frequent in Percy MS.).
thick, spak thick, I, 343, 13: not articulating distinctly (from emotion).
thick, III, 35, 29: thilke, that.
thie, I, 19, 14: 330, B 2; 331, C 2, D 2: thigh.
thief, foul thief, V, [123], 14; [184], 44: devil.
thiggin, V, [117], 2: begging, levying supplies.
thimber, I, 330, A 2: (Icelandic þungbærr, heavy to bear?) heavy, massive. Not understood and changed to nimble, nimle, I, 332, F 2, G 2, umber, I, 331, C 2.
think, thynk, III, 27, 98; 58, 37, 44; 60, 82: seem. me thinke, me thynke, methink, III, 81, 37; 153, c 5; 158, d 17; 321 b; V, [82], 26, 41: methinketh, methinks. See thoghte, thouth.
think lang (A. S. lang thyncan, seem long), thouth me nouthe lange, I, 334, 5, 9: seemed not long, amused me, impressed me pleasantly. In Scottish, personal, with substitution of think for seem. think lang, I, 370, 4; V, [115], 2: find the time wearisome, suffer from ennui. I think lang, I, 368, 35, 37, 39; 506, 2: long for. I’ll never think lang, IV, 257, 10: shall never be discontented, she thought (thocht) lang, I, 478, 14; II, 76, 11; 78, 14: was weary with waiting. keep frae thinking lang, I, 467, 16, 20. keep him on-thought long, I, 478, 13. See unthought lang.
thir, their, I, 5, C 5; 329, 61; 482, C b 11; II, 78, 23, 24; 271, 21; III, 441, 34, 35; 464, 4; IV, 7, 30; 476, 4, 5; V, [115], 2; [195], 9, 10: these, those.
thirld in his ear, II, 208, 5: thrilled.
thirled at the pin, II, 121, 15: tirled, rattled.
this, pl., this bonny boys, II, 81, 37; this twa, II, 158 f., 1, 19. See that.
this, thes, thys, III, 73, 346; 111, 34; 113, 76; IV, 210, 4; V, [283], 2: thus.
tho, III, 28, 138; 34, 7, 11; 36, 44; 111, 30: then.
thoe, III, 285, 33: they (possibly, then).
thoghte, I, 328, 50: (probably) seemed. See think.
thole, thoule, I, 508, 8; II, 46, 2; 124, 38; 314, 10; IV, 17, 2; 21, 16; 278, 12; V, [229], 32: bear, suffer (IV, 17, 2: like dree, be capable of.)
thorn, II, 27, I 6: dialectic variation of forn, J 6, partic. of fare: fill yourselves with good fare.
thornd, II, 110, 24: fared.
thoth, thouth, I, 334, 7, 8: though.
thother, the, III, 111, 43: tother, other.
thou, though.
thou is, thou’s, III, 483, 31; 488, 24.
thou sitts, thou rydes, III, 479, 35.
thou will, thou made, thou was, thou took, etc., 2 pers. sing. without termination: I, 221, C 9-11, 222 E 11-17; 223, 12, 16.
thought lang, I, 370, 4; 478, 14, etc. See think lang.
thoule, II, 159, 20: suffer, put up with. See thole.
thouth, I, 334, 5, 8, 9: seemed. See think.
thouth, I, 334, 8: though. See thoth.
thowt, n., V, [283], 20: thought.
thra, thrae, IV, 128, 1; 220, 2; 369 b; 446, 8; 465, 34; 470, 20; 479, 3; 518, 10; V, [197], 3, 13: dialectic variety of fra, frae, from.
thrae, I, 170, 6: through.
thrall, III, 480, 15: bondage.
thrang, V, [115], 2: intimate, familiar.
thrashes, threshes, IV, 77, b 4: thrushes, rushes.
thrashin oer his songs (of blackbird), I, 133, M 3, 5: repeating, or practising.
thrast, pret., III, 98, 25: pressed.
thrave, I, 21, 10: twenty-four sheaves of corn, two shocks.
thraw, II, 146, 14; 147, 15; 149, 14; 283, 16; IV, 479, 8: twist, contort. pret. threw. p. p. thrawen, thrawin, thrawn, IV, 348, 6, 7; 349, b 3; 350, B b, after 5; V, [273], No 239, 3.
thrawin, I, 465, 12: thrown.
thrawn, twisted. See thraw.
thrawn, IV, 465, 20: ill-humoredly.
threefold oer a tree, III, 267, 9: with a double curve, over a stick.
threesome, II, 270, 30: three together.
threshes, thrashes, IV, 258 f., 5, 20: rushes.
threty, thirty.
threw, pret. of thraw, I, 102, 18; 492, 18; II, 111, 21; 183, 30; 185, 40; 208, 12; 286, 16; V, [262], 24: twisted, intertwined. III, 180, 10, Robin he lope, Robin he threw: may be, threw himself about, or twisted twirled, showing his suppleness.
thrien, I, 244, 18: thrice.
thrild vpon, thirled at, a pinn, II, 121, 15; 138, 10, 16: tirled, rattled. See pin.
thrill, II, 291, 27: pierce, penetrate.
thristle-cock, I, 427, 8; thristle-throat, I, 429, 8: throstle, thrush.
throch, II, 30, 6; 256, 12: through.
throly, III, 98, 25: strenuously, doggedly.
thronge, III, 25, 56: pressed, made his way.
throw, intrans., fyer out of his eyen did throw, I, 211, 23: dart, shoot.
throwardlie, III, 365 a: frowardly, crossly, ill-temperedly.
throwe, III, 78, 448: space of time.
thrown, IV, 249, F 3: corrupted from this road; cf. A 6; B 7; C 9; D 6.
þrumme, III, 13, 9: the extremity of a weaver’s warp, from six to nine inches long, serving to hold arrows. Cf. II, 168, 5, four-and-twenty arrows laced in a whang.
thrusty, IV, 172, 4: trusty? (rusted, 173, K 4.)
thurst, IV, 60 b, 6: thrust.
thryfte, euyll thryfte, III, 67, 220: ill thriving, ill speed, bad luck.
thu, V, [283], 13: thou.
thye, thigh.
thye, II, 241, 14: thrive. See the.
thys, V, [283], 2: thus. See this.
ti, I, 299, 13: to; too.
ticht. See tight.
tide, tyde, III, 299, C 1; 432, 15; 473, 11; V, [83], 49: time. into the tide, V, [160], 2; by the tide, 163, 4; 164, 1: at the time, now.
tidive, tidive hour, II, 257, 15: timely, early? (the hour may be early morning).
tiend, tithe. See teind.
tier, V, [151], F 1, should be, tree.
tift, II, 183, 17: puff, whiff.
tight, ticht, V, [151], E 3; [161], 2: (of a man) well built. V, [258], 4: (of a maid) neatly shaped, jimp.
till, n., II, 409, 12: toil.
till, till see, II, 191, 22; till and frae, II, 71, 15: to. At III, 338 b, it is said that in A 66, till may mean while. Here Jamieson was followed: but there appears to be only one case to cite, in a single MS. of Barbour’s Brus, where others read quhil. The remark must be withdrawn, though while might be offered as an emendation, since it is, for obvious reasons, far more probable than till.
till, v., II, 54, 57: entice.
timmer, timber, wooden.
timouslie, IV, 53, 1: early.
tine, tyne, tayen, I, 16, C 14; II, 70, 30; 313, 21; 336, O 8, 9; III, 75, 398; lose. I, 324, B 7; IV, 454, 3; 455, 11; 458, 5: to be lost, perish. I, 115, 11: cause to perish. pret. and p. p. tint, IV, 18, 20; 127, 14; 165, 15; V, [99] C 4: lost.
tinye, n., a little tinye, V, [51], 69: bit.
tip, tippet (of horse’s mane), IV, 410, 18, 21; 413, 13:==tate, lock.
tirl at the pin, trill, rattle, at that part of the door-fastening which lifts the latch. See pin.
tit, V, [125], 9: quick pull.
tithyngus, III, 98, 40-42: tidings.
tittles and tattles, I, 302, B 7: tits, bits.
to, III, 110, 14, 16: two.
to, till.
tobreke, subj., I, 243, 6: break, burst (apart), p. p. to-broke, broken up.
tocher, toucher, tougher, taucher, n. See toucher.
to-clouted (gowne), III, 179 a: with patches set to it.
tod, I, 355, 44; IV, 193, 11; 194, 4; 196, 9; 196, 13, etc.: fox.
toe from home, boune, IV, 504, 24: to a place away from? (perhaps corrupt).
to-hande, III, 110, 14: two-hand, two-handed.
tolbooth, tolbuith, tollbooth, III, 482, 18; 489 f., 9, 10, 15: prison, jail. That in Edinburgh, III, 385, 12; 386, 12; 389, 14; IV, 508 b, 8; 509, 9 (Towbooth).
tolde, III, 59, 67-69; 68, 247: counted.
to-morne, I, 328, 57: to-morrow.
ton, tone, the, III, 296 f., 12, 30: the one. tone, tother, II, 53, 27, 32. the tone, the tother, II, 51, 2. See tane.
tooke, III, 405, 14: put. See take.
tooken vpon one part, III, 404, 3: engaged, enlisted, on the same side.
toom, teem, I, 72, 17; II, 124, 38; IV, 143, B 1, 3, C 6; 180, 8; V, [196], 53; [251], 30, 32; [256], 8: empty.
toomly, IV, 181, 11: empty.
toorin, I, 500, R 1-4: cooing. (Imitative, cf. Scott. curr, curroo, Germ, gurren.)
too-too, to-towe, III, 217, b, c, 41: a strong too.
top, IV, 288, E 3: should be toss, toast.
topcastle, III, 340 f., 32, 58; 344 f., 28, 46; IV, 504 f., 32, 58 (topcasaille)==top. See topps.
topps, III, 419, 15; IV, 506, 61: “Among seamen tops are taken for those round frames of board that lye upon the cross-trees, near the heads of the masts, where they get up to furle or loose the topsails.” Phillips. A noble ship at III, 419, 15, has five tops.
tor (of saddle), IV, 410, 21: pommel.
tor, tore, II, 323, 11; 334, M 2; IV, 480, 8: projection or knob at the corner of old-fashioned cradles (as also, ornamental balls surmounting the backs of chairs).
torne, III, 112, 56: turn, bout.
tortyll-tre, III, 112, 56: corruptly for trystell-tre.
toss, IV, 288, E 3: toast (as a beauty). (misprinted top.)
to t’, III, 439, 4: to the.
to-towe, III, 430, 1: too-too, a strong too.
toucher, tougher, taucher, n., IV, 283 f., 10, 22, 23; 285, 12, 13; 286, 11; 287, 4; 487, 30; 489, 29; V, [267], 12, 13: tocher, dowry.
toucher, v., IV, 284, 23: pay a dowry to.
touchered, V, [224], 11: dowered.
toun, town, IV, 200, 19; 201, 11; 202, K 5; 203, 13; V, [228], 27: a farmer’s steading or place (or, a small collection of houses). V, [267], 7: perhaps simply house.
toun-head, V, [267], 11: centre or principal part of the town.
tour, lyin in a tour, IV, 87, 20: continuous route.
tout, I, 274, 18: backside.
touting, blowing.
tow, III, 396, N 8; 449 b; V, [125], 9: rope.
tow, III, 434, 17, 18; 435, 12: let down by a rope. V, [123], 15, 16: draw up and let down.
towbooth. See tolbooth.
toweld, II, 194, 22: twilled (?).
town. See toun.
tows, went to the, IV, 380, 8: tows==touts, drinking-bouts, fell to drinking (in contrast to Allan, who went to pray. Tows cannot be ropes; they had not gone aboard the ship).
trace, II, 479, 16: track, path, way.
trachled, V, [169], 9: tired out.
trade, II, 454, 37: should be train, as in 445, 62; 450, 67.
train, IV, 107, 1, 13, 15: company.
train(e), II, 445, 62; 450, 67: training.
traitorye, III, 411, 2: treachery.
tralled, V, [274], 10: trailed (had rather have married A. and have trailed).
trance, II, 468 f., 18, 22; V, [268], 7: passage in a house.
tranckled, I, 284, 10: travelled. (Dutch trantelen, tranten, tarde progredi; morari. Hexham, to go lazily, at a soft pace.)
trap, a doublet of trip. trip for trap, II, 328, 17: tripping.
trapand, p. p., (of horse) IV, 44, 4: treacherously dealt with.
trappin, IV, 342, 12: tape.
trattles, II, 152, 5: tattles.
travisse, II, 92, 20: (a frame for confining cavalry horses) horse’s stall.
trawale, III, 41 a: travail, operations.
tray, tree (A. S. trega), injury, suffering, grief, vexation. tene and traye, I, 328, 40; tray and tene, III, 66, 218: grief and vexation, tree and teene, III, 412, 22: grief and injury. (tregan and téonan, Genesis, 2274.)
tray, try.
tread, tred, pret. of tread, II, 160, 5, 6; 165, 9; 171, 10, 12; IV, 468, 3, 4. p. p., IV, 128, 19.
treasonie, II, 344, 14: treason.
tree, tre, I, 343, 42; 345, 40; II, 218, 19; III, 23, 26; 309, 44: wood. I, 465, 2; 473, 4: pole, shaft of a cart. I, 341, 21; 344, 20; III, 25, 59; 29, 154; 63, 147; 97, 4: the cross. III, 160, 22, 25; 161, 42; 162, 55, 62; 163, 78; 267, 9; 268, 8; 270, D 8; 271, F 10: staff, straight piece of rough wood. crooked tree, III, 160, 18: bow. trenchen tree, III, 164, 91: truncheon, cudgel, staff. of (a) myghttë tre, III, 308 f., 27, 42: of strong wood. a trusti tree, III, 309, 40: perhaps shaft; but the a is likely to be of, as Professor Skeat suggests, and the meaning, of trusty wood (cf. 44, bowe made off trusti tree). horse of tree, III, 478, 13: bridge, or, at least, tree-trunk.
tree, III, 412, 22. See tray.
trenchen tree, III, 164, 91: truncheon, cudgel, staff.
trew, true, II, 384, 20, 21; III, 474, 45: trow, believe.
trews, trues, IV, 157, 18, 19; 267, 7; 272, 3; V, [165], 1; [267] a, 6; [306], 1: trousers.
treyffe, III, 113, 81: thrive.
triest, trist. See tryst.
trinkle, I, 497, 15; II, 197, 17; 209, D 7; 290, 25; 326, 11; 411, B 17; IV, 236, 5; 409, 6; 487, 27: trickle.
trip for trap, came down the stair, in, 328, 17: tripping, trip-trap (trap, a doublet of trip).
tristil-tre, III, 98, 37. See trystell-tre.
troule, V, [84], 13: go round (of a bowl of ale).
trow, trew, true, believe, suppose. I trow, I, 104, c 13: assuredly.
trowt, trowet, III, 110, 23, 26: troth.
truce, my petticoat, IV, 288, E 2: put in a trouss, tuck or fold, to shorten.
true, days of, III, 352 a: (singular of truce, trews, pledges of good faith) truce.
true, IV, 486 f., 5, 21; 491, 5: trow. See trew.
true-love, lover, betrothed lover (often not to be distinguished from true love), passim.
trues, trousers. See trews.
truff, II, 144 f., 14, 24: turf.
trust, II, 307, 34; 379, 4; IV, 494, 37; V, [38], 5: trow, believe, suppose (of the things one would rather not believe).
truste, III, 66, 207: trusty.
trusty tree, III, 92, 8; 116 f., 2, 21; 200, 37; V, [75], 4: an obvious corruption of trystill-tree, a tree appointed for a meeting or assemblage. (Trusty also in later copies of Adam Bell and the Gest for trysty, trystell, which see.)
trusyd, III, 13, 9: trussed, bound up.
tryst, tryste, n., I, 394, A 1; 395, 1; IV, 2, 4, 6: appointment to meet. IV, 413, 7; 414, 3, 4: appointment for wedding. I, 326, 18: market.
tryst, tri(e)st, v., I, 314, 1; II, 270, 3; 272, 4; IV, 201, 8; V, [171], 4: engage, induce, entice, to come, go with. II, 294, 13; IV, 194, 6; 198, 8; 200, 19; 201, 11; 202, K 5: prepare a way for coming, cause to come.
tryst, n. or v., IV, 154, 5: appoint a place, or, appointment of a place.
trystell-tree, trysty-tre, trystyll-tre, tristil-tre, III, 69 f., 274, 286; 71, 298; 75, 387; 76, 412: a tree serving for a meeting-place (of Robin Hood’s band). (In later texts, trusty.)
trysty tre, III, 26 f., 95, 98; 27, 102: tree fixed upon for rendezvous (trusty, trustie in later copies).
tu, V, [303] a: to.
tua, the tua part, V, [254] b, 4: two thirds. But twa part, V, [276], 20, seems to mean second part, half, which we have at IV, 120 F 7; 381, 16; that is, it is more likely that an equal share should be offered.
tul, III, 440, 25; til, to. tul a, III, 440, 13: to have.
turn, IV, 477, 14; turning o the tune, II, 249, 11; o the note, 250, 13; IV, 477, 13: refrain (owreturn, I, 332, E, F 7; owreword, II, 254, 8, 9). turnin o the bell, IV, 314, 19.
turn the wind wi thee, IV, 379, 6:==take the wine (i.e. wind) fra thee, V, [275], 5. (The meaning is clear, but whether turn is in actual use in the required sense I have not ascertained.)
turning. See turn.
tust, IV, 224, 20: tost.
twa, two. twa part, see tua.
twafald(-fold), oer a tree, staff, II, 461, 19; III, 268, 8: bent double over a stick. twafald ower his steed, III, 8, 18: doubled, head hanging on one side, feet on the other. See twofold.
twain, v., part. See twin.
twal, twelve.
twalmon, twalmont, twelvemonth.
twalt, twelt, twelfth.
twan, pret. of twine, I, 256, 2.
twatling, dishes, V, [86], 36: unmeaning, nonsensical, of no account.
twaw, two.
twig, IV, 31, B 6: twitch, pull.
twin, twine, twyne, twin me o my make, twin babe of life, I, 129, 8; 174, 18; 175, D 6, 12; 177, 17; 220, B 3; 222, 7; II, 218, 16; IV, 179, A 2: deprive. twine a mantle, I, 453, 3; twine me, IV, 154, 5: part with. twin(n) with, I, 175, 4, 5, 10, 11; II, 232, 7, 10, 12; twin(e) me and my make, etc., I, 127, 14; 128, 11; 350, 15; II, 159, 12, 13 (twain); V, [178], 1: separate. gar twa loves twin (twain), etc., I, 56, B 9; II, 63, 23; 230, B 3, 6: part, intrans.
twine, coarse linen, duck, crash. for towel, IV, 460, No 47, 1, 2; shift (contrasted with holland), II, 224, 17. II, 27, 19, 20: canvas. I, 221, C 9; 504, 4: coarse stuff of some kind. Lincoln twine, III, 5, D 5; 8, 12; IV, 496, 10, is doubtless the Lincoln green of other versions, and so simply texture. III, 192, 10: yarn, ropes o silken twine, IV, 472, 10: twist, shoes of small corded twine, V, [301] b, 3.
twinkle, II, 409, 17; 425, A 7: trinkle, trickle.
twinn, v. See twin.
twinn, part in twinn, I, 432, 3: in twain, in two.
twirld, at the pin, IV, 390, b 4: tirled, rattled.
twofold oer a staff, threefold oer a tree, III, 267, 9; the body being bent double over the staff, the whole presentation is, with the staff (tree) threefold. Corruptly, III, 188, 6, two foote on a staffe, the third vpon a tree. See also twa-fald.
tydand, II, 433, 9: tidings.
tyde. See tide.
tyndes, III, 65, 186: (A. S. tind) tynes, antlers.
tyne, I, 17, 11:==tynd, harrow-tooth (harrow-pin, I, 19, 10).
tyne, v., to lose, to perish. See tine.
tyte, his backe did from his belly tyte, III, 277, 17: quickly. A verb of the sense fall away may have dropped out after did, and is at any rate to be understood, unless tyte had that sense. A Scottish tyte, to totter, fall (tyte oer, fall over), is noted by Jamieson.
tythance, tythand(e)s, tythyng, III, 361, b, c 1; c 14, 49; 362, 93; V, [78], 5: tidings.