An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Thairowt, Tharout, adv. Without; denoting exclusion from a place, S.
Wall.
To lie thairout, to lie in the open air during night, S.

Thairtill, Thertyll, adv. Thereto.
Douglas.

Thair up, adv. Out of bed.
G. Buchanan.

THAK, s.
1. Thatch, a covering of straw, rushes, &c., thack, S.
Douglas.
Thack and rape, the covering of a stack, S.
Burns.
In thack an' rape, in order.
Burns.
Out of aw thack and raip, applied to one who acts quite in a disorderly way, S.
2. The covering of a roof, whatever be the materials.
Acts Ja. V.

A. S. thac, thaec, Isl. thak, Lat. tectum.

To Thak, Thack, v. a. To thatch, S.

Thakburd, s. The thatch-board, the roof.
Barbour.

THAN, adv. Then, at that time, S.
Barbour.
Be than, by that time; Or than, before that time.
V. [Be than].

THANE, THAYNE, s.
1. A title of honour, used among the ancient Scots, which seems to have been at first equivalent to Lat. comes, as denoting presidency in a county, and sometimes in a province; as well as the command of the forces, and collection of the royal revenues raised in the district.
Wyntown.
2. An officer, not superior in rank to a knight, who has been viewed as serving under the superior Thane.
Stat. Alex. II.

A. S. thegen, thegn, primarily a servant. Cyninges thegen; Thanus regius; medmera thegen, mediocris vel inferior Thanus. Isl. thegn, dominus.