tylle
Danish
Etymology
Perhaps from the root of dønning (“swell”), from Low German düning, from dünen (“rise, grow”).
Verb
tylle (imperative tyll, infinitive at tylle, present tense tyller, past tense tyllede, perfect tense har tyllet)
Middle English
Etymology 1
A shortening of lentile (“lentil”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtil(ə)/
Noun
tylle (plural tylles)
- (rare) A lentil or its edible seed.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: till
References
- “tille, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.
Etymology 2
Either from tillen or Anglo-Norman tylle.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtil(ə)/
Noun
tylle (plural tylles)
- (rare) A footlocker for the storage of armaments.
- (rare) A box or container.
Descendants
- English: till
References
- “tille, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.
Etymology 3
Verb
tylle
- alternative form of tilyen (“to till”)
Etymology 4
Verb
tylle
- alternative form of tillen (“to enthrall”)
Etymology 5
Preposition
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)