Threave, sb. a crowd, a large number. Ramsay, II, 463. The same word as thraif, q.v.
Thrist, vb. to thrust, push, also means to clasp. Bruce, XIII, 156; R.R. 12, 9; Rolland, IV, 590. O. N. þrýsta, to thrust, force, Norse trysta, to press together, M. E. þrīsten, þrȳstan. Lyndsay also uses the word in the sense of "to pierce."
Thwaite, sb. originally a small piece of cleared land on which a house was built, a cottage with its paddock. O. N. þvæit, O. Ic. þveit. Northwest England thwaite, Norse tveit, tvæit, Dan. tved. Occurs in a number of place-names in S. Scotland, especially in Dumfriesshire. Its form is Norse not Dan. Thweet or thwet would correspond to the Dan. word, but see also Part III, 1.
Tit, tyt, adv. soon, quickly. Bruce, II, 4; IV, 289. O. N. títt, adv. frequently, in quick succession, "höggva hart ok títt." The Sco. word comes from this O. N. form, which is simply the neuter inflected form of tiðr, adj. meaning "customary, familiar." The comparative titter often means "rather" in Sco., like Eng. sooner. Cp. Cu. "I'd as tite deat as nut," "I'd as lief do it as not."
Tithand, titand, sb. news, tidings. Bruce, IV, 468; Lyndsay, 341, 720. O. N. tiðindi, news, Norse tidende, id., Dan. tidende, Orm. tiþennde. Of O. E. tidung > tidings Bosworth says: "the use of the word, even if its form be not borrowed from Scand., seems to have Scand. influence."
Titlene, sb. the hedge sparrow. C.S., 38. O. N. titlingr, a tit, a sparrow.
Toym, tume, sb. leisure. Bruce, V, 64, 2, XVII, 735. O. N. tóm, leisure (Skeat).
Traist, vb. to trust. Bruce, I, 125; XVII, 273; Rolland, I, 27. Trast, adj. secure, traist, sb. confidence. Lindsay, 229, 195. Traisting, sb. confidence, reliance, L.L., 25. Cp. O. N. tröysta, adj. traustr, and Eng. trust, M. E. trusten. I do not at present understand the relation between the forms in e, and these in u and ou.
Trig, adj. trim, neat, handsome. M.W., 159, 26. O. N. tryggr, true, trusty, unconcerned, trygging, security, O. Dan. trygd, trugd, confidence (Schlyter), Norse trygg, secure, unconcerned, confident, tryggja, to consider secure, tryggja sek, feel secure, Dan. tryg, fearless, confident. Cp. Cu. trig, tight, well-fitted, "trig as an apple." The M. E. trig means faithful, see B-S. Ramsay, II, 526, uses the adv. trigly in the sense of "proudly."
Twist, sb. twig, branch. Bruce, VII, 188; Montg., C. and S., Irving, 468. O. N. kvistr, a twig, O. Dan., quist, Norse, Dan. kvist, Sw. quist, id. For the change of kv (kw) to tw cp. Norse, Dan. kviddre, Sw. quittra, Du. kwittern with Eng. twitter, and kj to tj in W. Norse. A regular change.