tylle
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from the root of dønning (“swell”), from Low German düning, from dünen (“rise, grow”).
Verb edit
tylle (imperative tyll, infinitive at tylle, present tense tyller, past tense tyllede, perfect tense har tyllet)
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
A shortening of lentile (“lentil”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tylle (plural tylles)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: till
References edit
- “tille, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
Etymology 2 edit
Either from tillen or Anglo-Norman tylle.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tylle (plural tylles)
- (rare) A footlocker for the storage of armaments.
- (rare) A box or container.
Descendants edit
- English: till
References edit
- “tille, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
tylle
- Alternative form of tilyen (“to till”)
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
tylle
- Alternative form of tillen (“to enthrall”)
Etymology 5 edit
Preposition edit
tylle
- Alternative form of til
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum vii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- Than the knyghtes parters of the lystis toke up Sir Madore and led hym tylle hys tente.
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