[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
tabean brirben (kame), II, 217, (Child #76 A) (Child #76 B) 2, 4: printed by Herd, Tabean birben. Jamieson conjectured for Tabean, 'made at Tabia, Italy.' Dr. C. Mackay very properly remarks that Tabia was not known as a place of manufacture for combs. He suggests a Gaelic origin: taobh, a side, taobhan, sides; bior, a pin, point, prickle, the tooth of a comb; bean, a woman; whence taobhan bior bean, the side comb of a woman. Whether this is good Gaelic, I am myself unable to say; but it is a simple criticism that a woman's hair is not combed with a side-comb. The passage is undoubtedly corrupt. In IV, 471, 2, we have, a haw bay berry kame, also corrupt; bayberry was heard for whatever tabean brirben stands for. One copy had birchen, IV, 471, note to 221.
table take vp the, III, 29, (Child #116 A) 142: take away, the tables were laid on trestles and easily handled, removed, and, as we often see in ballads, kicked over, drew her table, V, 304, 13: see explanation at V, 304 a.
tack (of needlework), II, 30, L (Child #58 L) 1: attachment by stitching, needle-tack, II, 217, (Child #76 A) (Child #76 B) 5.
tack took.
tacken, taiken IV, 515, 12: token.
tae II, 147, (Child #68 C) 4: too.
tae the tae, = ae, one. See tane.
taen, tane, tean, teyne p.p., taken.
taiglet, taiglit IV, 195, (Child #217 C) (Child #217 D) 4; 196, 9: tarried.
taiken, tacken I, 396, (Child #43 C) (Child #43 D) 5, 6: token.
Tailliant, Talliant II, 383, (Child #99 C) 22, 24, 25; 385, 23, 25, 26; 387, 17, 19, 20; 388, 16, 18, 19: Italian.
taipy-tapples I, 303, D (Child #33 D) 5: misreading of saipy-sapples, which see.
tait See tate.
take V, 277, 2: talk.
take III, 60, (Child #117 A) 72, 76; 62, 123; 65, 194; 73, 351; 110, 9: hand over, give. I, 465, (Child #53 B) 18; 472, 28; II, 108, (Child #64 E) 17; 271, 17; 273, 23; III, 110, (Child #121 A) 18; 472, 9; IV, 508, 5: deliver a blow, strike.
take on (lawing), IV, 175, N (Child #214 N) 4: run up (reckoning).
take road, take foot II, 62 b, (Child #61 app) 14: make off.
take sworne III, 340, (Child #167 A) 34; IV, 504, 34; V, 52, (Child #271 A) 73: take an oath of, put under oath.
take truce II, 443, (Child #109 A) 39; 449, 44; III, 469 a: take trewes, pledges of good faith, for suspension of hostility, take peace, III, 278 f., (Child #158 A) (Child #158 B) 3, 6: perhaps formed upon take truce.
take up (the table), III, 29, (Child #116 A) 142: clear away (remove the boards). See table. take up (dogs), III, 125, (Child #123 B) 35, 36: stop, restrain, call off (?).
take with III, 413, (Child #176 A) 47; IV, 334, (Child #237 A) 13: take up with, put up with, submit to.
takle, takyll III, 70, (Child #117 A) 288; 75 f., 398, 404: arrow.
talbott III, 333, (Child #166 A) 28: a species of hound.
talents The talents of golde were on her head sette Hanged low downe to her knee, II, 52, (Child #60 A) 17: talents probably refers to the weight or value of gold worn in massive ornaments (cf. a weight of goud hung at her chin, I, 472, (Child #53 F) (Child #53 G) 24). It is not likely that the lady wore coins.
talk IV, 13, (Child #191 C) (Child #191 D) 12: should probably be lack, reproach, blame. The reading in A 18; D 5, is suspicious; lack, reproach, is in E 16.
talkitive IV, 13, D (Child #191 D) 8: used for talkativeness.
Talliant See Tailliant.
tamper ye at keep ye up and, IV, 226, (Child #221 G) (Child #221 H) 13: seems to be corrupt, cf. 221, 17, keep ye up i temper guid. tamper may be meant for temper, in the sense of putting a machine into working order, try expedients to humor or manage you.
tane the tane, the tither, tother, I, 253, 1; II, 104, (Child #64 A) 30; 132, 18; 190, 42; 212, 16. See tean, ton.
tane, taen, tean, teyne p.p., taken, tane with me, IV, 98, (Child #204 F) (Child #204 G) 12: occupied, engrossed, captivated (seized or smitten with compassion for, love?) tane sworn (I am), V, 52, (Child #271 A) 73: of one who has taken an oath.
tangle V, 259 a, 11: sea-weed.
taps V, 173, (Child #299 A) (Child #299 B) 8: tops, tips (of heather).
Tar galley V, 141, c 1, 2: perhaps a corruption of Turk (Turkish) galley, cf. C, a, f, g.
targats, targits III, 363, note *; 371, 26, 27: tassels.
targe III, 75, (Child #117 A) 385: "Targe or chartyr. Carta." Prompt. Parv. "quatre grosses blancs appelle's targes." Ducange, targa. (Corrected from tarpe.)
tarlottus tynkerris in tarlottus, III, 41 b (?).
tarnd V, 303 a: turned.
tarpe III, 75, (Child #117 A) 385; 80, 385: emended to targe.
tasse V, 37, (Child #269 C) (Child #269 D) (Child #269 E) 9: cup (tarse in Manuscript).
tate, tait, teet, tet, tette I, 86, (Child #6 A) 15; 130, E 14; 323, 2; II, 189, (Child #73 E) 23; 191, 18; 194, 27; 389, 16; IV, 449, 15: lock (of hair, of mane).
tattles, tittles I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 7: tits, bits.
taucher, toucher, tocher dowry. See toucher.
tauchy I, 302, (Child #33 A) (Child #33 B) 10: greasy.
taul told.
taunt bide to taunt, II, 272, (Child #83 F) 11: endure taunting (?).
tay tie.
tayened, tayned V, 228, 26, 27: (tined) lost, killed.
teacht IV, 150, g 25, 30: taught.
teall tale.
tean IV, 456 f., 5, 24; 515, 12; V, 36, (Child #269 B) (Child #269 C) 11, 15: taken. See taen.
tean the tean, the eather, V, 224, 27: the one, the other. See tane.
tear begane this spurn III, 310, (Child #162 A) 65: see note, 307.
tee IV, 446, 7: = tie, 447, 7. glove tee, V, 300, 10, 16, 19.
tee, ti I, 300, 7, 9, 15; II, 30, (Child #58 K) (Child #58 L) 4: to, too.
teem, toom II, 169, (Child #70 B) 13; IV, 182, F (Child #215 F) 5: empty.
teem I, 444, G b 2: pour.
teemed II, 435, (Child #107 A) 36: allowed.
teen, teene tithe. See teind.
teene, tene I, 328, 40; III, 24, (Child #116 A) 48; 37, 63; 60, 78; 62, 128; 66, 211; 72, 329; 230, 70; 412, 22; 443, 1: injury, wrath, vexation, annoyance, grief, trouble.
teenouslye III, 356, (Child #168 app) 21: angrily.
teet See tate.
teeth I, 305, A 12: tooth.
teind, teein, tiend, tene, teen I, 342, (Child #39 A) 24; 344, 23; 350, 28; 354, 32; 452, 3; III, 504 b, 9; IV, 456, 15; 458, 16: tithe.
teindings IV, 455, 18: tithings.
tell till, to.
tempeng, tempen V, 165 f., (Child #294 A) 6, 9, 10: tempting.
temper set them up in temper wood, IV, 222, (Child #221 D) (Child #221 E) 20: corrupted, as will appear from the conclusion of the other versions. Parts of two stanzas are mixed.
tene v., III, 110, (Child #121 A) 13: do harm to.
tene n. See teene.
tenements V, 77, (Child #273 A) 38: holdings (whether of lands or houses does not appear here).
tenish V, 245 a, 8: tennis.
tent n., II, 139, (Child #67 A) (Child #67 B) 11; IV, 223, (Child #221 E) (Child #221 F) 3; 390, 4: heed.
tent v., I, 74, (Child #5 C) (Child #5 D) 81; III, 478, (Child #187 A) 28: take care of, guard, watch.
tet, tette See tate.
tew V, 303 a: two.
teyne IV, 504, 26: taken. See taen.
teytheyng, tythyng V, 79, (Child #273 app) 25: tidings.
tha then. See tho.
tha V, 296 a: the.
thae I, 369, (Child #41 A) (Child #41 B) 3; 427, 15; 447, 14; II, 190, (Child #73 E) (Child #73 F) 43; IV, 69, (Child #200 E) 12; 258, 27; 470, 28, 29: they, them, those, these.
thairbut, thairben IV, 291, after 11: out there, in there.
thar I, 334, 8: it is necessary (it is not necessary to hinder thee of thine errand).
that II, 451, (Child #109 B) 93: till that.
that imperative particle, anone that you tell me! III, 27, (Child #116 A) 118. no peny that I se! III, 58, (Child #117 A) 41; 68, 246. no ferther that thou gone! III, 67, (Child #117 A) 219.
that superfluous I, 273, (Child #29 A) 38; 284, 7; II, 58, (Child #61 A) 6; 433, 3; 434, 16, 18; 436, 59; 437, 89; 442, 18; 444, 41; III, 276, (Child #158 A) 1; 277, 18, 19; 341, 46, 54, 57; 413, 39; IV, 503, 8; V, 48, (Child #271 A) 6. (Very common in the Percy Manuscript, where all the above, excepting one, occur.)
that plur., that two lords, II, 130, (Child #66 A) (Child #66 B) 28, 29. See this.
that ... his = whose, IV, 330, Appendix, (Child #236 app) 2.
that was her own II, 73, (Child #62 C) 20: that referring to roses and ribbons, or the bridal relation, or to both.
the, thé I, 284 f., (Child #30 A) 9, 30; III, 307 f., (Child #162 A) 3, 8, 12, 25, 28; 419 f., 14, 33; 421, 45, 65; 477, 4; 479, 38; V, 263, 7, 9, 11, 12: they.
the, thé I, 296, (Child #31 A) 50: thee.
the day I, 356, (Child #39 I) 56; II, 32, Q (Child #58 Q) 2; 248, 5; 285, 14: to-day.
the morn II, 104, (Child #64 A) 18; III, 480, (Child #187 B) 18; 482, 14; 488, 19; V, 300, 17; 307, 7: to-morrow, the morn's nicht, II, 208, C (Child #75 C) 9: to-morrow night.
the night, the nicht I, 303, C (Child #33 C) 4; 304, E 4; III, 480, (Child #187 B) 18; 488, 19; V, 299 a, 1: to-night.
the streen, yestreen See streen.
the IV, 494, 29: to be corrected to she; they in the next line to mean the mill-people.
the, thee, then, thye II, 164, (Child #69 F) 17; III, 67, (Child #117 A) 234; 78, 452; 113, 81; V, 76, (Child #273 A) 11; 79, 14; 82 f., 25, 27, etc.: thrive, prosper.
thee III, 6, (Child #114 D) (Child #114 E) 20: for thou.
theek I, 253, 4: thatch, pret. and p.p. theekit, theekd, IV, 76 f., (Child #201 A) 1, 2, 4; 458 b, 9: thatched, roofed.
theer V, 296 a: there.
thegither, thegithar, thegether III, 261, (Child #156 C) (Child #156 D) 3; V, 217 b, No 49, 1: together.
their See thir.
then v. See the.
there the diel o there, III, 488, (Child #188 A) 26: seems to mean of that; but we have, devil be there in 43, as an equivalent phrase.
there III, 504 a, 14; IV, 465, 25, 26; 485, 24; 510 a, 2: there is. III, 489, (Child #188 A) (Child #188 B) 9: there are (or, there is, Scottice).
there down downwards, down.
theretoo III, 64, (Child #117 A) 172: besides.
thes III, 111, (Child #121 A) 34; 113, 76: thus. See this.
they II, 434 f., (Child #107 A) 25, 38; 437, 78; 442 f., 19, 29: the (frequent in Percy Manuscript).
thick spak thick, I, 343, (Child #39 A) (Child #39 B) 13: not articulating distinctly (from emotion).
thick III, 35, (Child #116 app) 29: thilke, that.
thie I, 19, (Child #2 F) (Child #2 G) (Child #2 H) (Child #2 I) 14: 330, B 2; 331, C 2, D 2: thigh.
thief foul thief, V, 123, (Child #281 A) (Child #281 B) 14; 184, 44: devil.
thiggin V, 117, (Child #280 A) (Child #280 B) 2: begging, levying supplies.
thimber I, 330, A (Child #38 A) 2: (Icelandic þungærr, heavy to bear?) heavy, massive. Not understood and changed to nimble, nimle, I, 332, F (Child #38 F) 2, G 2, umber, I, 331, C (Child #38 C) 2.
think, thynk III, 27, (Child #116 A) 98; 58, 37, 44; 60, 82: seem, me thinke, me thynke, methink, III, 81, 37; 153, c 5; 158, d 17; 321 b; V, 82, (Child #273 app) 26, 41: methinketh, methinks. See thoghte, thouth.
think lang (A.S. lang thyncan, seem long), thouth me nouthe lange, I, 334, 5, 9: seemed not long, amused me, impressed me pleasantly. In Scottish, personal, with substitution of think for seem, think lang, I, 370, (Child #41 B) (Child #41 C) 4; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 2: find the time wearisome, suffer from ennui. I think lang, I, 368, (Child #41 A) 35, 37, 39; 506, 2: long for. I'll never think lang, IV, 257, (Child #226 A) (Child #226 B) 10: shall never be discontented, she thought (thocht) lang, I, 478, (Child #53 M) 14; II, 76, (Child #62 F) 11; 78, 14: was weary with waiting, keep frae thinking lang, I, 467, (Child #53 C) 16, 20. keep him onthought long, I, 478, (Child #53 M) 13. See unthought lang.
thir, their I, 5, C (Child #1 C) 5; 329, 61; 482, C b 11; II, 78, (Child #62 I) 23, 24; 271, 21; III, 441, (Child #179 A) 34, 35; 464, 4; IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 30; 476, 4, 5; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 2; 195, 9, 10: these, those.
thirld in his ear II, 208, (Child #75 B) (Child #75 C) 5: thrilled.
thirled at the pin II, 121, (Child #65 F) (Child #65 G) 15: tirled, rattled.
this pl., this bonny boys, II, 81, (Child #62 J) 37; this twa, II, 158 f., 1, 19. See that.
this, thes, thys III, 73, (Child #117 A) 346; 111, 34; 113, 76; IV, 210, (Child #218 A) 4; V, 283, 2: thus.
tho III, 28, (Child #116 A) 138; 34, 7, 11; 36, 44; 111, 30: then.
thoe III, 285, (Child #159 A) 33: they (possibly, then).
thoghte I, 328, 50: (probably) seemed. See think.
thole, thoule I, 508, 8; II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 2; 124, 38; 314, 10; IV, 17, (Child #192 A) 2; 21, 16; 278, 12; V, 229, 32: bear, suffer. (IV, 17, (Child #192 A) 2: like dree, be capable of.)
thorn II, 27, I (Child #58 I) 6: dialectic variation of forn, J 6, partic. of fare: fill yourselves with good fare.
thornd II, 110, (Child #64 F) (Child #64 G) 24: fared.
thoth, thouth I, 334, 7, 8: though.
thother the, III, 111, (Child #121 A) 43: tother, other.
thou though.
thou is, thou's III, 483, (Child #187 C) (Child #187 D) 31; 488, 24.
thou sitts, thou rydes III, 479, (Child #187 A) (Child #187 B) 35.
thou will, thou made, thou was, thou took, etc., 2 pers. sing., without termination: I, 221, C (Child #20 C) 9-11, 222 B 11-17; 223, 12, 16.
thought lang I, 370, (Child #41 B) (Child #41 C) 4; 478, 14, etc. See think lang.
thoule II, 159, (Child #69 A) 20: suffer, put up with. See thole.
thouth I, 334, 5, 8, 9: seemed. See think.
thouth I, 334, 8: though. See thoth.
thowt n., V, 283, 20: thought.
thra, thrae IV, 128, (Child #209 B) 1; 220, 2; 369 b; 446, 8; 465, 34; 470, 20; 479, 3; 518, 10; V, 197, (Child #305 B) (Child #305 C) 3, 13: dialectic variety of fra, frae, from.
thrae I, 170, (Child #13 B) (Child #13 C) 6: through.
thrall III, 480, (Child #187 B) 15: bondage.
thrang V, 115, (Child #279 app) 2: intimate, familiar.
thrashes, threshes IV, 77, b 4: thrushes, rushes.
thrashin oer his songs (of blackbird), I, 133, M (Child #10 M) 3, 6: repeating, or practising.
thrast pret., III, 98, (Child #119 A) 25: pressed.
thrave I, 21, (Child #2 L) 10: twenty-four sheaves of corn, two shocks.
thraw II, 146, (Child #68 B) 14; 147, 15; 149, 14; 283, 16; IV, 479, 8: twist, contort, pret. threw, p.p. thrawen, thrawin, thrawn, IV, 348, (Child #239 A) (Child #239 B) 6, 7; 349, b 3; 350, B b, after 6; V, 273, No 239, 3.
thrawin I, 465, (Child #53 B) 12: thrown.
thrawn, twisted See thraw.
thrawn IV, 465, 20: ill-humoredly.
threefold oer a tree III, 267, (Child #157 A) (Child #157 B) 9: with a double curve, over a stick.
threesome II, 270, so: three together.
threshes, thrashes IV, 258 f., (Child #226 B) (Child #226 C) 5, 20: rushes.
threty thirty.
threw pret. of thraw, I, 102, (Child #7 C) (Child #7 D) 18; 492, 18; II, 111, (Child #64 G) 21; 183, 30; 185, 40; 208, 12; 286, 16; V, 262, 24: twisted, intertwined. III, 180, (Child #140 A) (Child #140 B) 10, Robin he lope, Robin he threw: may be, threw himself about, or twisted twirled, showing his suppleness.
thrien I, 244, (Child #23 A) 18: thrice.
thrild vpon, thirled at a pinn, II, 121, (Child #65 F) (Child #65 G) 15; 138, 10, 16: tirled, rattled. See pin.
thrill II, 291, (Child #88 B) (Child #88 C) 27: pierce, penetrate.
thristle-cock I, 427, (Child #47 A) (Child #47 B) 8; thristle-throat, I, 429, 8: throstle, thrush.
throch II, 30, (Child #58 K) (Child #58 L) 6; 256, 12: through.
throly III, 98, (Child #119 A) 25: strenuously, doggedly.
thronge III, 25, (Child #116 A) 56: pressed, made his way.
throw intrans., fyer out of hia eyen did throw, I, 211, 23: dart, shoot.
throwardlie III, 365 a: frowardly, crossly, ill-temperedly.
throwe III, 78, (Child #117 A) 448: space of time.
thrown IV, 249, F (Child #225 F) 3: corrupted from this road; cf. A 6; B 7; C 9; D 6.
þrumme III, 13, (Child #115 A) 9: the extremity of a weaver's warp, from six to nine inches long, serving to hold arrows. Cf. II, 168, (Child #70 A) (Child #70 B) 5, four-and-twenty arrows laced in a whang.
thrusty IV, 172, (Child #214 J) 4: trusty? (rusted, 173, K 4.)
thurst IV, 60 b, 6: thrust.
thryfte, euyll thryfte III, 67, (Child #117 A) 220: ill thriving, ill speed, bad luck.
thu V, 283, 13: thou.
thye thigh.
thye II, 241, (Child #80 A) 14: thrive. See the.
thys V, 283, 2: thus. See this.
ti I, 299, (Child #32 A) 13: to; too.
ticht See tight.
tide, tyde III, 299, C (Child #161 C) 1; 432, 15; 473, 11; V, 83, (Child #273 app) 49: time, into the tide, V, 160, (Child #293 A) 2; by the tide, 163, 4; 164, 1: at the time, now.
tidive tidive hour, II, 257, (Child #81 L) 15: timely, early? (the hour may be early morning).
tiend tithe. See teind.
tier V, 151, F 1, should be, tree.
tift II, 183, (Child #73 A) 17: puff, whiff.
tight, ticht V, 151, B 3; 161, 2: (of a man) well built. V, 258, 4: (of a maid) neatly shaped, jimp.
till n., II, 409, (Child #101 B) 12: toil.
till till see, II, 191, (Child #73 F) 22; till and frae, II, 71, (Child #62 B) 15: to. At III, 338 b, it is said that in A (Child #167 A) 66, till may mean while. Here Jamieson was followed: but there appears to be only one case to cite, in a single Manuscript of Barbour's Brus, where others read quhil. The remark must be withdrawn, though while might be offered as an emendation, since it is, for obvious reasons, far more probable than till.
till v., II, 54, (Child #60 A) 57: entice.
timmer timber, wooden.
timouslie IV, 53, (Child #198 B) 1: early.
tine, tyne, tayen I, 16, C (Child #2 C) 14; II, 70, (Child #62 A) 30; 313, 21; 336, O 8, 9; III, 75, (Child #117 A) 398; lose. I, 324, B (Child #37 B) 7; IV, 454, 3; 455, 11; 458, 5: to be lost, perish. I, 115, (Child #9 B) (Child #9 C) 11: cause to perish, pret. and p.p. tint, IV, 18, (Child #192 A) (Child #192 B) 20; 127, 14; 165, 15; V, 99 C (Child #275 C) 4: lost.
tinye n., a little tinye, V, 51, (Child #271 A) 69: bit.
tip, tippet (of horse's mane), IV, 410, (Child #253 A) 18, 21; 413, 13: = tate, lock.
tirl at the pin trill, rattle, at that part of the door-fastening which lifts the latch. See pin.
tit V, 125, (Child #281 D) 9: quick pull.
tithyngus III, 98, (Child #119 A) 40-42: tidings.
tittles and tattles I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 7: tits, bits.
to III, 110, (Child #121 A) 14, 16: two.
to till.
tobreke subj., I, 243, (Child #23 A) 6: break, burst (apart), p.p. to-broke, broken up.
tocher, toucher, tougher, taucher n. See toucher.
to-clouted (gowne), III, 179 a: with patches set to it.
tod I, 355, (Child #39 I) 44; IV, 193, (Child #217 A) 11; 194, 4; 195, 9; 196, 13, etc.: fox.
toe from home boune, IV, 504, 24: to a place away from? (perhaps corrupt).
to-hande III, 110, (Child #121 A) 14: two-hand, two-handed.
tolbooth, tolbuith, tollbooth III, 482, (Child #187 C) 18; 489 f., 9, 10, 15: prison, jail. That in Edinburgh, III, 385, (Child #173 A) (Child #173 B) 12; 386, 12; 389, 14; IV, 508 b, 8; 509, 9 (Towbooth).
tolde III, 59, (Child #117 A) 67-69; 68, 247: counted.
to-morne I, 328, 67: to-morrow.
ton, tone the, III, 296 f., (Child #161 A) 12, 30: the one. tone.
tother II, 53, (Child #60 A) 27, 32. the tone, the tother, II, 61, 2. See tane.
tooke III, 405, (Child #175 A) 14: put. See take.
tooken vpon one part III, 404, (Child #175 A) 3: engaged, enlisted, on the same side.
toom, teem I, 72, (Child #5 C) 17; II, 124, (Child #65 H) (Child #65 I) 38; IV, 143, B (Child #210 B) 1, 3, C 6; 180, 8; V, 196, (Child #305 B) 53; 251, 30, 32; 256, 8: empty.
toomly IV, 181, (Child #215 D) (Child #215 E) 11: empty.
toorin I, 500, R 1-4: cooing. (Imitative, cf. Scott. curr, curroo, Germ, gurren.)
too-too, to-towe III, 217, b, c, 41: a strong too.
top IV, 288, E (Child #231 E) 3: should be toss, toast.
topcastle III, 340 f., (Child #167 A) 32, 58; 344 f., 28, 46; IV, 504 f., 32, 58 (topcasaille) = top. See topps.
topps III, 419, (Child #177 A) 15; IV, 506, 61: "Among seamen tops are taken for those round frames of board that lye upon the cross-trees, near the heads of the masts, where they get up to furle or loose the topsails." Phillips. A noble ship at III, 419, (Child #177 A) 15, has five tops.
tor (of saddle), IV, 410, (Child #253 A) 21: pommel.
tor, tore II, 323, (Child #93 A) (Child #93 B) 11; 334, M 2; IV, 480, 8: projection or knob at the corner of old-fashioned cradles (as also, ornamental balls surmounting the backs of chairs).
torne III, 112, (Child #121 A) 56: turn, bout.
tortyll-tre III, 112, (Child #121 A) 56: corruptly for trystell-tre.
toss IV, 288, E (Child #231 E) 3: toast (as a beauty), (misprinted top.)
to t' III, 439, (Child #179 A) 4: to the.
to-towe III, 430, (Child #178 A) 1: too-too, a strong too.
toucher, tougher, taucher n., IV, 283 f., (Child #231 A) 10, 22, 23; 285, 12, 13; 286, 11; 287, 4; 487, 30; 489, 29; V, 267, 12, 13: tocher, dowry.
toucher v., IV, 284, (Child #231 A) (Child #231 B) 23: pay a dowry to.
touchered V, 224, 11: dowered.
toun, town IV, 200, (Child #217 H) 19; 201, 11; 202, K 5; 203, 13; V, 228, 27: a farmer's steading or place (or, a small collection of houses). V, 267, 7: perhaps simply house.
toun-head V, 267, 11: centre or principal part of the town.
tour lyin in a tour, IV, 87, (Child #203 C) (Child #203 D) 20: continuous route.
tout I, 274, 18: backside.
touting blowing.
tow III, 396, N (Child #173 N) 8; 449 b; V, 125, (Child #281 D) 9: rope.
tow III, 434, (Child #178 D) (Child #178 E) 17, 18; 435, 12: let down by a rope. V, 123, (Child #281 A) (Child #281 B) 15, 16: draw up and let down.
towbooth See tolbooth.
toweld II, 194, (Child #73 H) 22: twilled (?).
town See toun.
tows went to the, IV, 380, (Child #245 C) 8: tows = touts, drinking-bouts, fell to drinking (in contrast to Allan, who went to pray. Tows cannot be ropes; they had not gone aboard the ship).
trace II, 479, (Child #111 A) 16: track, path, way.
trachled V, 169, (Child #296 A) 9: tired out.
trade II, 454, (Child #109 C) 37: should be train, as in 445, 62; 450, 67.
train IV, 107, (Child #205 A) 1, 13, 15: company.
train, traine II, 445, (Child #109 A) 62; 450, 67: training.
traitorye III, 411, (Child #176 A) 2: treachery.
trailed V, 274, 10: trailed (had rather have married A. and have trailed).
trance II, 468 f., (Child #110 F) 18, 22; V, 268, 7: passage in a house.
tranckled I, 284, (Child #30 A) 10: travelled. (Dutch trantelen, tranten, tarde progredi; morari. Hexham, to go lazily, at a soft pace.)
trap a doublet of trip, trip for trap, II, 328, (Child #93 E) (Child #93 F) 17: tripping.
trapand p.p., (of horse) IV, 44, (Child #196 A) 4: treacherously dealt with.
trappin IV, 342, (Child #238 E) 12: tape.
trattles II, 152, (Child #68 I) (Child #68 J) 5: tattles.
travisse II, 92, (Child #63 E) 20: (a frame for confining cavalry horses) horse's stall.
trawale III, 41 a: travail, operations.
tray, tree (A.S. trega), injury, suffering, grief, vexation, tene and traye, I, 328, 40; tray and tene, III, 66, (Child #117 A) 218: grief and vexation, tree and teene, III, 412, (Child #176 A) 22: grief and injury, (tregan and téonan, Genesis, 2274.)
tray try.
tread, tred pret. of tread, II, 160, (Child #69 B) 5, 6; 165, 9; 171, 10, 12; IV, 468, 3, 4. p.p., IV, 128, (Child #209 B) 19.
treasonie II, 344, (Child #94 A) 14: treason.
tree, tre I, 343, (Child #39 A) (Child #39 B) 42; 345, 40; II, 218, (Child #76 B) 19; III, 23, (Child #116 A) 26; 309, 44: wood. I, 465, (Child #53 B) 2; 473, 4: pole, shaft of a cart. I, 341, (Child #39 A) 21; 344, 20; III, 25, (Child #116 A) 59; 29, 164; 63, 147; 97, 4: the cross. III, 160, (Child #134 A) 22, 25; 161, 42; 162, 56, 62; 163, 78; 267, 9; 268, 8; 270, D 8; 271, F 10: staff, straight piece of rough wood, crooked tree, III, 160, (Child #134 A) 18: bow. trenchen tree, III, 164, (Child #134 A) 91: truncheon, cudgel, staff, of (a) myghttë tre, III, 308 f., (Child #162 A) 27, 42: of strong wood, a trusti tree, III, 309, (Child #162 A) 40: perhaps shaft; but the a is likely to be of, as Professor Skeat suggests, and the meaning, of trusty wood (cf. 44, bowe made off trusti tree), horse of tree, III, 478, (Child #187 A) 13: bridge, or, at least, tree-trunk.
tree III, 412, (Child #176 A) 22. See tray.
trenchen tree III, 164, (Child #134 A) 91: truncheon, cudgel, staff.
trew, true II, 384, (Child #99 D) 20, 21; III, 474, (Child #186 A) 45: trow, believe.
trews, trues IV, 157, (Child #213 A) 18, 19; 267, 7; 272, 3; V, 165, (Child #294 A) 1; 267 a, 6; 306, 1: trousers.
treyffe III, 113, (Child #121 A) 81: thrive.
triest, trist See tryst.
trinkle I, 497, 16; II, 197, 17; 209, D 7; 290, 26; 326, 11; 411, B 17; IV, 236, (Child #222 B) (Child #222 C) 5; 409, 6; 487, 27: trickle.
trip for trap came down the stair, III, 328, 17: tripping, trip-trap (trap, a doublet of trip).
tristil-tre III, 98, (Child #119 A) 37. See trystell-tre.
troule V, 84, (Child #273 app) 13: go round (of a bowl of ale).
trow, trew, true believe, suppose. I trow, I, 104, c 13: assuredly.
trowt, trowet III, 110, (Child #121 A) 23, 26: troth.
truce my petticoat, IV, 288, E (Child #231 E) 2: put in a trouss, tuck or fold, to shorten.
true days of, III, 352 a: (singular of truce, trews, pledges of good faith) truce.
true IV, 486 f., 5, 21; 491, 5: trow. See trew.
true-love lover, betrothed lover (often not to be distinguished from true love), passim.
trues trousers. See trews.
truff II, 144 f., (Child #68 A) 14, 24: turf.
trust II, 307, (Child #90 C) 34; 379, 4; IV, 494, 37; V, 38, (Child #269 E) 5: trow. believe, suppose (of the things one would rather not believe).
truste III, 66, (Child #117 A) 207: trusty.
trusty tree III, 92, (Child #118 A) 8; 116 f., 2, 21; 200, 37; V, 75, (Child #273 A) 4: an obvious corruption of trystill-tree, a tree appointed for a meeting or assemblage. (Trusty also in later copies of Adam Bell and the Gest for trysty, trystell, which see.)
trusyd III, 13, (Child #115 A) 9: trussed, bound up.
tryst, tryste n., I, 394, A (Child #43 A) 1; 395, 1; IV, 2, (Child #189 A) 4, 6: appointment to meet. IV, 413, (Child #254 B) 7; 414, 3, 4: appointment for wedding. I, 326, (Child #37 C) 18: market.
tryst, trist, triest v., I, 314, (Child #35 A) 1; II, 270, (Child #83 D) (Child #83 E) 3; 272, 4; IV, 201, (Child #217 H) (Child #217 I) 8; V, 171, (Child #298 A) 4: engage, induce, entice, to come, go with. II, 294, (Child #88 D) (Child #88 E) 13; IV, 194, (Child #217 A) (Child #217 B) (Child #217 C) 6; 198, 8; 200, 19; 201, 11; 202, K 5: prepare a way for coming, cause to come.
tryst n. or v., IV, 154, (Child #212 F) 5: appoint a place, or, appointment of a place.
trystell-tree, trysty-tre}, , tristil-tre, III, 69 f., (Child #117 A) 274, 286; 71, 298; 75, 387; 76, 412: a tree serving for a meeting-place (of Robin Hood's band). (In later texts, trusty.)
trysty tre III, 26 f.,95, 98; 27, 102: tree fixed upon for rendezvous (trusty, trustie in later copies).
tu V, 303 a: to.
tua the tua part, V, 254 b, 4: two thirds. But twa part, V, 276, 20, seems to mean second part, half, which we have at IV, 120 P 7; 381, 16; that is, it is more likely that an equal share should be offered.
tul III, 440, (Child #179 A) 25; til, to. tul a, III, 440, (Child #179 A) 13: to have.
turn IV, 477, 14; turning o the tune, II, 249, (Child #81 D) (Child #81 E) 11; o the note, 250, 13; IV, 477, 13: refrain (owreturn, I, 332, E, F (Child #38 F) 7; owreword, II, 254, (Child #81 I) (Child #81 J) 8, 9). turnin o the bell, IV, 314, (Child #235 B) (Child #235 C) 19.
turn the wind wi thee IV, 379, (Child #245 B) (Child #245 C) 6: = take the wine (i.e. wind) fra thee, V, 275, 5. (The meaning is clear, but whether turn is in actual use in the required sense I have not ascertained.)
turning See turn.
tust IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 20: tost.
twa two. twa part, see tua.
twafald, twofold oer a tree, staff, II, 461, (Child #110 B) 19; III, 268, (Child #157 B) (Child #157 C) 8: bent double over a stick, twafald ower his steed, III, 8, (Child #114 F) (Child #114 G) 18: doubled, head hanging on one side, feet on the other. See twofold.
twain v., part. See twin.
twal twelve.
twalmon, twalmont twelvemonth.
twalt, twelt twelfth.
twan pret. of twine, I, 256, (Child #28 A) 2.
twatling dishes, V, 86, (Child #273 app) 36: unmeaning, nonsensical, of no account.
twaw two.
twig IV, 31, B (Child #194 B) 6: twitch, pull.
twin, twine, twyne twin me o my make, twin babe of life, I, 129, (Child #10 D) (Child #10 E) 8; 174, 18; 175, D 6, 12; 177, 17; 220, B 3; 222, 7; II, 218, (Child #76 B) 16; IV, 179, A (Child #215 A) 2: deprive, twine a mantle, I, 453, (Child #52 C) (Child #52 D) 3; twine me, IV, 154, 5: part with, twin(n) with, I, 175, (Child #14 C) (Child #14 D) 4, 5, 10, 11; II, 232, (Child #77 D) (Child #77 E) 7, 10, 12; twin(e) me and my make, etc., I, 127, (Child #10 B) 14; 128, 11; 350, 15; II, 159, (Child #69 A) 12, 13 (twain); V, 178, (Child #302 A) 1: separate, gar twa loves twin (twain), etc., I, 56, B (Child #4 B) 9; II, 63, 23; 230, B 3, 6: part, intrans.
twine coarse linen, duck, crash, for towel, IV, 460, No 47, 1, 2; shift (contrasted with holland), II, 224, (Child #76 G) (Child #76 H) 17. II, 27, (Child #58 H) (Child #58 I) 19, 20: canvas. I, 221, C (Child #20 C) 9; 504, 4: coarse stuff of some kind. Lincoln twine, III, 5, D (Child #114 D) 5; 8, 12; IV, 496, 10, is doubtless the Lincoln green of other versions, and so simply texture. III, 192, (Child #143 A) 10: yarn, ropes o silken twine, IV, 472, 10: twist, shoes of small corded twine, V, 301 b, 3.
twinkle II, 409, (Child #101 B) 17; 425, A 7: trinkle, trickle.
twinn v. See twin.
twinn part in twinn, I, 432, (Child #48 A) 3: in twain, in two.
twirld at the pin, IV, 390, b 4: tirled, rattled.
twofold oer a staff, threefold oer a tree III, 267, (Child #157 A) (Child #157 B) 9; the body being bent double over the staff, the whole presentation is, with the staff (tree) threefold. Corruptly, III, 188, (Child #142 A) 6, two foote on a staffe, the third vpon a tree. See also twa-fald.
tydaud II, 433, (Child #107 A) 9: tidings.
tyde See tide.
tyndes III, 65, (Child #117 A) 186: (A.S. tind) tynes, antlers.
tyne , I, 17, (Child #2 D) 11: = tynd, harrow-tooth (harrow-pin, I, 19, 10).
tyne v., to lose, to perish. See tine.
tyte his backe did from his belly tyte, III, 277, (Child #158 A) 17: quickly. A verb of the sense fall away may have dropped out after did, and is at any rate to be understood, unless tyte had that sense. A Scottish tyte, to totter, fall (tyte oer, fall over), is noted by Jamieson.
tythance, tythands, tythandes, tythyng III, 361, b, c 1; c 14, 49; 362, 93; V, 78, (Child #273 app) 5: tidings.
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