andtimber

• antimber, ontimber

and- +‎ timber

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌtim.ber/

andtimber n

1. matter, material, substance
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Homilies

     Eall þing hē ġeworhte būtan ǣlcum andtimbre.

     All things he made without any matter.

   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:

     On ðām forman dæġe ūre drihten ġesċeōp seofonfealde weorc, ðæt wǣron ealle englas, and ðǣs lēohtes anġin, and ðæt antimber ðe hē of ġesċeōp syððan ġesċeafta, ðā upplīċan heofenan and ðā nyðerlīċan eorðan, ealle wætersċypas, and ða widgillan sǣ, and ðæt uppliċe lyft, eall on anū dæġe.

     On the first day our Lord created seven works, which were: all the angels; the beginning of light; the substance from which he later made all the creatures; the high heavens; the low earth; all the bodies of water; the wide ocean; and the lofty sky, all in a single day.

2. (figurative) reason, theme

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ANDTIMBER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ANTIMBER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ONTIMBER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.