Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Tit, pr. s. betides, T. i. 333. See Tyde.

Titering, s. hesitation, vacillation, T. ii. 1744. Cf. Icel. titra, to quiver; G. zittern.

Title, s. title, B 3512; pretence, T. i. 488.

Titlelees, adj. without a title, usurping, H 223.

Tixted, pp. learned in texts, H 316 n.

To (tòò), s. toe, A 2726; Toon, pl. toes, B 4052, 4370 n; HF. 2028; Toos, pl. toes, B 4370. A.S. tā; pl. tān.

To (tóó), prep. to, A 2; gone to, A 30; (used after its case), G 1449; for, 1. 184; as to, as for,

L. 2096; to regard, in respect of, B 4. m 3. 25; him to, for him, 3. 771; to that, until, 4. 239; To and fro, T. iv. 460, 485; D 1085, H 53.

To, adv. too, L. 260 a; 3. 796; A. ii. 25. 20; B 2129, 3712, I 828, 829; besides, A. ii. 45. 16; moreover, beside, T. i. 540; overmuch, G 1423; to badde, too evil, very evil, L. 2597; to dere, too dearly, C 293; to late, too late, T. ii. 398.

To- (1), intensive prefix, lit. in twain, asunder. A.S. tō-, G. zer-.