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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Þwert], adv. thwart, SD. Comb.: þwert-ut, throughout, S.—Icel. þvert, neuter of þverr, transverse; cp. AS. þweorh, Goth. thwairhs, angry, cross.

[ Þwong], sb. strip of leather, thong, S, S2, W; þwang S; þong S.—AS. þwang.

[ Þwytel], sb. a knife, whittle; thwitel, SkD; thewtill, S3. See below.

[ Þwyten], v. to cut, to whittle, Voc., Prompt., Palsg. Der.: thwytynge, cutting, whittling, PP.—AS. þwítan.

[ Þy], sb. thigh, Prompt.; þe, SkD, HD; þee, HD; þyȝ, S2; þih, SkD; þeiȝ, SkD.—AS. þéo, þéoh.

[ Þyester], adj. dark, S2; see [Þester].

[ Þyesternesse], sb. darkness, S2; see [Þesternesse].

[ Þyht], adj. close, compact, tight. Prompt.; thite, HD; tiȝt, SkD.—Cp. G. dicht, Icel. þéttr; see Kluge (s.v.).

[ Þyhtyn], v. to make tight, Prompt.; y-tiȝt, pp., S3.

[ Þynken], v. to seem; þynkeþ, pr. s. impers., PP; þuncð, S; þunchð, S; þincheð, S; þinkð, S; þingð, S2; þenkeð, PP; þuhte, pt. s., S; þuȝte, S; þoȝte, S2; thoughte, C3; þout, S2.—AS. þyncan, pt. þúhte, pp. (ge)púht. See [Þenchen].