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Þ þ (thorn)
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Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
tīt(e
adv.
Additional spellings:
tite
56 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Quickly, soon; also, hastily; (b) without hesitation, readily; (c)
as (al, also, so) tit
, immediately, right away, as quickly as possible; (d)
as tit as
, as soon as.
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2.
tīdī
adj.
27 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Timely, opportune; also, convenient; (b) of fruit: ripening early in season; (c) ?late; ?seasonable.
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3.
wāre
n.(4)
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Spring;
ware corn
, grain sown in the spring, specif. barley and oats;
ware tide
(
time
), springtime.
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4.
birth(e
n.
Additional spellings:
birthe
116 quotations in 9 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth;
birth bering
;
labour of birth
;
at on (a) birth
, in one delivery; (b)
birth in wombe
, conception.
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