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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Tirannye], sb. tyranny, C2, C3; tirandye, HD.

[ Tiraunt], sb. tyrant, C2, PP; tyraunt, PP, W; tirant, S2; tyrauns, pl., oppressors, PP.—AF. and OF. tirant, tiranz; Lat. tyrannus; see Constans, Supplement, p. 57, and BH, § 72.

[ Tirauntrie], sb. tyranny, W2; tyrauntrye, HD.

[ Tis-dæi], sb. Tuesday, S; Tisdei, S.—AS. Tíwes-dæg, the day of Tiw, the English name of a Teutonic deity; cp. OHG. Zio, Icel. Týr; see Grimm, Teut. M., cap. ix, and Kluge (s.v. dienstag).

[ Tit], adv. quickly, PP; tyt, S2; tyte, PP, S2, H; tite, PP, S2, H; tiȝt, S2; tiȝtly, S2; titere, comp., H; titter, S2.—Icel. títt, neut. of tiðr. See [Tid].

[ Tiðende], sb. pl. tidings, news, customs, S; tiðenden, S; tiðand, S2; tiðandes, S2.—Icel. tíðindi, pl., tidings, news; from tíða, to happen; cp. tíðska, a custom, tíðr, customary, frequent.

[ Tiðing], sb. tidings, news, S, S2; tyðyng, S, S2; tiðinge, pl., S; tiðinges, S2.—Cf. [Tiding].

[ Titill], sb. an epistle, WA.

[ Titmose], sb. titmouse, S3, Manip.; tytemose, Prompt.; tytmase, Voc.—AS. máse, a word forming the second element of the names of many kinds of small birds, see SkD.

[ Titte], sb. a quick pull, S2.