Middle English Dictionary Entry
talī̆en v.
Entry Info
| Forms | talī̆en v. Also taliin(e, (16th cent.) talli; p.ppl. tal(l)iid. |
| Etymology | ML talliāre, taliāre; also cp. ME talī(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. taillen v.
1.
(a) To record (a transaction) by scoring a tally stick; (b) ~ togeder, ?to agree, be of one mind [may belong to talen v. 1.(b)].
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)486 : Talyyd [Win: Tallyyd]: Talliatus, dicatus, anticopatus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)486 : Talyyn [Win: Talyine], or scoryn or [KC: on] taly: Tallio, dico.
- (a1445) Paston2.518 : Qwan þe bargeny was mad..it was talyid and..þan he seyd, 'Be it talyid or on-talyd, I xal makyn it..sewer to þe.'
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6714 : Menelay the mighty, in the mene tyme, And Telamon..tally to-gedur; To Polidamas þai preset all in pure angur.