A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Sythe], sb. scythe, PP, Voc., Prompt.; sithe, P.—AS. síðe (Voc.), sigdi (OET); cp. Icel. sigðr.

[ Syue], sb. sieve, C3, Prompt.—AS. sife (Voc.), sibi (OET), see Sievers, 262.

[ Syȝen], pt. pl. saw; see [Seon].

[ Syȝt], sb. sight, S2; see [Sighte].

Ta-, Te-.

[ Ta], v. to take, S2, S3; see [Take].

[ Taa], Comb.: the taa, the one, HD.

[ Taa], sb. toe, S2; see [Too].

[ Tabard], sb. a short coat or mantle, usually sleeveless, formerly worn by ploughmen, noblemen, and heralds, now by heralds only, HD, SkD, C; tabart, S2, PP; tabarde, PP, Voc.; tabbard, collobium, Prompt.; taberd, Voc.; taberde, Voc.; tabare, Voc.—OF. tabard, tabart, also tabarre (Cotg.); cp. It. tabarro.

[ Tabarder], sb. a name for scholars at Queen’s College, Oxford, ND.