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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Ti-Ty.

[ Ti], pron. poss. thy, S; see [Þou].

[ Tid], sb. time, season, hour, hora canonica, S, S2, S3; tide, S2; tyde, S2, C3, PP. Comb.: tideful, seasonable (= Lat. opportunus), H; tydfulnes, needfulness, H.—AS. tíd, time, hour; cp. Icel. tíð, time, ‘hora canonica.’

[ Tid], adv. quickly, PP; tyd, PP. See [Tit].

[ Tiden], v. to happen, S; tyden, S2, C3; tid, pr. s., PP; tit, PP; tydde, pt. s., PP; tidde, S2.—AS. tídan.

[ Tidi], adj. seasonable, honest, respectable, S; tidy, PP; tydy, PP, Prompt.

[ Tidif], sb. the name of some very small bird, C2; tydy, a sort of singing bird, ND.

[ Tiding], sb. an event, tidings, S; tyding, C2, C3; tidinge, pl., S2; tydinge, S; tydinges, C2. See [Tiðing].

[ Tiffen], v. to trick out, trim, adorn, SkD.—OF. tiffer, to trim, adorn.

[ Tiffung], sb. adornment, finery, S.