Til, Till(e), Tyl(l), prep. (in Northern texts synon. and interchangeable with To; not with To- prefix, as scribal error at X 75), to, towards, into, up to, IV a 6, 18, 33, X 26, 81, XIV b 72, XVI 32, &c.; (postponed) IV a 30, X 77, XVI 393; with infin. X 4, 14, &c. (and see For); for, IV a 93, b 25; until, I 185, II 75, IV a 35 &c.; till þat, tyl ... þat, until (conj.), VI 188, IX 224, 229, XIV c 98, &c. [OE. (rare Nth.) til; ON. til.] See Intil, Þar(e).
Tyl, v. to entice, I 50. [Cf. OE. be-tillan, for-tyllan.]
Tilye, v. to labour for, earn, VIII a 229; to till, VIII a 232. [OE. tilian.]
Tyme, Time, time, period, season, occasion, I 142, VI 143, VII 19, VIII b 106, XII a 27, &c.; whan tyme is, when it is (the) time, VIII a 11, 72; (life)time, day, I 27, VII 8, VIII b 107, &c.; pl. periods, hours, VIII b 107; any tyme, at any time, IV b 44; at þis tyme, (for) now, V 23, IX 270; for þe tyme, for the time being, XI b 128; fram tyme þat, from the time (conj.), XIII b 21; in tyme, opportunely, XVI 149; many tyme, often, IX 44; see Heigh, Ofte(n), Som(e), &c. [OE. tīma.]
Tymed, pp. timed, V 173. [From prec.]
Timliche, adj. temporal, III 1, 60. [OE. tīm-lic.]
Tyne, v. to lose, IV a 52; to tyne, for nothing, in vain, XVII 441; Tynde, Tynt, pp. VII 103, VIII b 97. [ON. týna.]
Tyrantis, n. pl. tyrants, XVI 311. [OFr. tyrant.]
Tired, pa. t. attired, II 586. [Shortened from Atire, q.v.]
Tyste, VI 100. Usually interpreted as tyȝte (see App., p. 278), tight, close; this is not else recorded until early Mn.E. (where it is obscure alteration of ME. þiȝt, ON. *þéht-, þétt-r). Read Tryste, q.v.