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tillan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tillan, p. tilde
To touch, reach. In compounds á-, ge-tillan; instances omitted under those words are given here
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  • Ðeáh ðe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ (

    adtingit

    ),
      Scint. 100, 15.
  • Getilþ contingat, getilde

    contigit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 9-13.
  • Gif wé ðone hróf ðære heálícan eáðmódnesse getillan willaþ (

    adtingere

    ),
      R. Ben. 23, 2.
Etymology
[Ðe niþer end tilde to his chinne, Brand. 24. He hadde a long berd þat tilled (tylde) to his wombe habuit barbam prolixam usque ad ventrem, Trev. v. 193, 8. Alle þat he miȝt tille. Per. 59. O. H. Ger. [zillen]; p. zilta tangit.]
Linked entries
v.  a-tillan for-tyllan á-tillan.
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