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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Tormentinge, s. tormenting, torture, E 1038.

Tórmentóur, s. tormentor, 10. 18; executioner, B 818, G 527, 532; Tormentoures, pl. G 373; Tormentours, G 376; Tormentours, s. pl. as adj. tyrannous, B 1. p 4. 27.

Tormentrye, s. torture, D 251.

Tormentyse, s. torment, B 3707.

Torn, s. turn, C 815; Turn, 16. 42.

Torn, pp. of Tere, v.

Tornen, v. turn, T. iii. 179; A. i. 21. 3; Torne, v. turn, G 1403; return, A 1488; Tornest, 2 pr. s. T. i. 196; Torneth, pr. s. T. i. 324; Torne, pr. s. subj. (substituted for Terve), G 1274; Tornede, pt. s. T. iii. 444; Torned, pp. turned, B 3. p 2. 34; (substituted for Terved), G 1171. O.F. torner. See Turne; and see Terve.

Torney (turnei), s. tourney, T. iv. 1669.

To-romblen (tō-rumblen), v. rumble, crash, L. 1218.

Tortuos, adj. lit. tortuous, i.e. oblique, applied to the six signs of the zodiac (Capricorn to Gemini), which ascend most rapidly and obliquely, A. ii. 28. 19; Tortuous, B 302.