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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Tennes], sb. tennis, S3; see [Tenyse].

[ Tenserie], sb. an extraordinary impost, robbery, S (2. 42).—OF. tenserie; Late Lat. tensaria.

[ Tente], sb. a tent, C2, PP.—OF. tente (Bartsch); Late Lat. tenta, cloth stretched.

[ Tente], sb. intention, purpose, PP; tent, attention, care, heed, S2, JD, W, W2, H.—OF. atente (BH).

[ Tentyf], adj. attentive, CM; tentifly, adv., attentively, C2.—OF. attentif.

[ Tenyse], sb. tennis, Palsg.; teneys, tenisia, Prompt.; tennes, S3, SkD.

[ Teolung], sb. magical practice, S; see [Telinge].

[ Teon], v. to draw, S; see [Ten].

[ Teone], sb. grief, S; see [Tene].

[ Terce], adj. a third, SkD; tierce, the third hour (canonical), SkD; tyerse, SkD.—AF. terce, tierce, OF. terc, tiers, tierce; Lat. tertia.