A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Traitor, _sb._ RG. 519
Traitory, _sb._ == treason. Alys. 3983
Transcript, _sb._ 548 B.
Transmigration, _sb._ RG. 9
Trappe, _sb._ == trappings. Alys. 1606
Travail, _sb._ RG. 379, 395
Trayed, _part._ == annoyed. Alys. 3046. AS. trega
Treachery, _sb._ RG. 56
Treachour, _sb._ RG. 455
Treacle, _sb._ [tracle]. c.o.k. 82. See Triacle
Tread, _v. a._ RG. 132
---- == copulate. part. 'itrede.' O. and N. 501
Treason, _sb._ RG. 385, 447
Treasure, _sb._ RG. 375
Treasurer, _sb._ Alys. 826
Treasury, _sb._ RG. 374
Treble, _adj._ == triple. Alys. 6606
Treche, _sb._ == track. RG. 145. Fr. trache
Tree, _sb._ == RG. 408, 536; [trough]. Alys. 6829; [trowe]. Alys. 6762
Treisuses. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. 'tres uses;'
old worn pieces of leather, to the use of which the cobblers were restricted in mending shoes. The alutarii, or cordwainers, on the other hand, were confined to the _making_ of shoes with _new_ leather
Trenne, _v. a._ == separate. Rel. Ant. ii. 212
Tresche, _sb._ == trench. AG. 552
Trespa.s.s, _sb._ RG. 374, 528
---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 198
Tressed, _adj._ Alys. 5409
Tressure, _sb._ == tresses. Wright's L. P. p. 105
Treye, _sb._ == sorrow. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. trega
Triacle, _sb._ == medicine, remedy. Alys. 5071. Wright's L. P. p. 26
Trichard, _sb._ == deceiver. Pol. S. 69
Trick, _v. n._ == deceive [trichen]. Pol. S. 69
Trie, _adj._ == choice. c.o.k. 19, 73; Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Trifle, _sb._ RG. 417. Lit. 'a small piece,' from AS. trifelan, to pound
---- _v. n._ part. 'trifling.' St Dunstan, 74
Trinity, _sb._ RG. 532
Tripe, _sb._ Alys. 1578. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. tripe. Ital. trippa
Trobles. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. 'trobles,'
waste, spoilt leather; from Fr. 'trobler' == corrompre, gater, Roq. See Treisuses
Trod, _sb._ == tread, or track. Body and Soul, 212. AS. trod
Tromcheri, _sb._ == trumpery? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. troncer, to break into small pieces. Cf. Gawin Douglas's 'trumpis,' fragments, which is probably the origin of the modern form
Trome, _sb._ == a company. HD. 8. AS. truma
Trone. See Throne
Tronn (sic in MS.), _sb._ == a steelyard. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Trotevale, _sb._ == trifling, joke. Body and Soul, 146. Lat. t.i.tivillitia
Troth, _sb._ == betrothal. K. Horn, 694
Trouble, _adj._ == troubled, murky. Alys. 4709
Troue, _sb._ == hole. Alys. 7465. Fr. trou
Trough. See Tree
Trow, _v. a._ == believe. RG. 110
Trowe, _sb._ == trust, belief. Wright's L. P. p. 100. AS. treow
Trowe. See Tree