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ÞYNCÞ[U] - ÞYRNE

þyncþ[u]; f. Honour, dignity, rank :-- Suá suæ-acute; hé on ðyncðum (geðyncðum, Cott. MSS.) bið furður ðonne óðre sicut honore ordinis superat, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 23. v. ge-þingþu.

þýnde. v. þignan.

þyng, es; m.(?) Growth, progress, profit :-- Mið ðynge proficiendo, Rtl. 83, 40. v. ge-þynge.

þyn-hlæ-acute;ne; adj. Wasted, shrunk :-- Ða gescruncenan and ða þynhlæ-acute;nan marcida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 23.

þynne; adj. Thin :-- Ðæt ic reccan móste þicce and þynne, Exon. Th. 424, 8; Rä. 41, 36. Ic dó sum ðing ðinre tenuo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. I. of dimension, (1) thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout :-- Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11. Ne mæg him se líchoma batian, ac bið blác and þynne, Lchdnl. ii. 206, 11. (2) thin, the opposite of thick :-- Mid ðynre tyrf bewrigen obtectus cespite tenui, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 20. Hé hæfde midmycle neosu ðynne vir naso pertenui, 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Seóh þurh þynne hrægl, Lchdm. ii. 290, 4. Seó wyrt hafaþ þynne leáf, Lchdm. i. 288, 16. (3) thin, the opposite of broad :-- Ðæt seó ðynneste dolhswaþo ætýwde ut tenuissima cicatricis vestigia parerent, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19. II. of density, (1) where the parts of a whole are not close together, thin :-- Oft of ðinnum rénscúrum fléwð seó eorðe, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 7. In sceagan ðæ-acute;r hé þynnest is, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 15. (2) applied to liquids, air, etc., thin :-- Sum útgang biþ þynne, suns mid þiccum wæ-acute;tum geondgoten, Lchdm. ii. 276, 24. Hit sié þicce swá þynne bríw, 314, 4. Lyft is líchamlíc gesceaft, swýðe þynne, iii. 272, 17. Þynne wín, ii. 254, 18. Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wæ-acute;tan, iii. 278, 23. Hé elles ne ðeah nemne medmicel hláfes mid ðynre meolce lac novum in phiala ponere solebat, et post noctem ablata superficie crassiore, ipse residuum cum modico pane bibebat, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 35. Æ-acute;r se þicca mist þynra weorðe, Met. 5, 6. III. fig. (1) thin, weak, feeble :-- Hwilc sié sió gecynd ðæs líchoman, hwæðer hió sié strang ðe heard ... ðe hió sié hnesce and mearwe and þynne, Lchdm. ii. 84, 14. Ðynre éþunge ánre ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wæs halitu tantum pertenui quia viveret demonstrans, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 24. (2) delicate, fine :-- Andgyt þénunge gearwigende Gode þýhð symle and þynne hit byð sensus officium exhibens Deo uiget semper et tenuis fit, Scint. 52, 9. [O. H. Ger. dunni tenuis: Icel. þunnr.]

þynness, e; f. I. thinness, slightness of density. v. þynne, II. 2 :-- Metta meltung and þynnes, Lchdm. ii. 198, 3. II. weakness. v. þynne, III. I :-- Hit gehæ-acute;lð ða þynnysse ðære gesihðe, Lchdm. i. 134, 27 (see note).

þynnian; p. ode To make or to become thin :-- Ðynnade obtenuerat, Txts. 182, 80. Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám læ-acute;cedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22. [O. H. Ger. gi-dunnót attenuatus; dunnén rarescere: Icel. þynna to make thin.] v. á-, ge-þynnian.

þynnol(-ul); adj. Lean, meagre :-- Ðynnul macilentus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 16.

þynnung, e; f. Thinning, making thin :-- Læ-acute;cedómas ðe þynnunge mægen hæbben and smalunge, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23.

þyn-wefen; adj. Thin-woven :-- Thynwefen hrægl levidensis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 17.

þyrel (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n. A hole made through anything, an aperture, orifice :-- Æ-acute;lces kynnes múð vel ðyrl orificium, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 57. Ic borige terebro, ðyrl foramen, 84, 65: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 16. Is on ðam wáge ðyrl geworht est foramen in pariete, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 17. Gif án þyrl (foramen) open byð forlæ-acute;ten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan, Scint. 140, 6. Ðæt wæ-acute;re ðyrel on middum ðæm hweóle, Shrn. 81, 13. Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel (the aperture made by a lancet) tó nearo ne sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 25. Stól niþan ðyrele, 76, 22. Ðæt ísen (a scythe) becom swymmende tó ðam snæ-acute;de and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit æ-acute;r of ásceát, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14. Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ æ-acute;lc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Þurh næ-acute;dle þyrel (ðyril, Lind.) per foramen acus, Mk. Skt. 10, 25: Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1. Ðyrl, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 25. Gif wyrm þyrel gewyrce ... drype on ðæt þyrel, Lchdm. ii. 114, 14. Drincan syllan þurh þyrel, Exon. Th. 485, 1; Rä. 71, 7: 397, 18; Rä. 16, 21. Ne furþon án þyrl (foramen) búton cræfte mínon (the smith's) ðú ne miht dón, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 17. Hé ðæt ísen sette on ðæt ylce þyrl, and hit fæste stód, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 71. Þyrel foramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 73. Þyrlum finistris, 148, 60. Ðyrelum foraminibus, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 30, col. 2. Ðurh ða ðyrlo, 544, 32, col. 1. Ic hét hió þurhborian ... hét ic eft ða ðyrelo mid golde forwyrcean, Nar. 20, 3. [A. R. þurl a window: Ayenb. þerle.] v. eág-, ears-, hún-, næs-, nos-, teol-þyrel (-þyrl, -þerl), and next word.

þyrel; adj. Perforated, having a hole or holes, pierced through :-- Gif eáre þirel weorðeþ, .iii. sci&l-bar;&l-bar;. gebéte, L. Ethb. 41; Th. i. 14, 6: 49; Th. i. 14, 15. Þyrel, 45; Th. i. 14, 10. Gif monnes þeóh biþ þyrel (þyrl, MS. B.), L. Alf. pol. 62; Th. i. 96, 13: 63; Th. i. 96, 16. Gif se wáh bið ðyrel if the wall have a hole through it, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 17. From ðyrelan stáne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 29, 2. On ðone þyrlan stán, iii. 406, 11. Þyrlian, 436, 34. Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on ðyrelne pohchan (in sacculum pertusum), Past. 45; Swt. 343, 20. Gif ðegna hwelc ðyrelne kylle bróhte tó ðýs burnan, béte hine georne, 65; Swt. 469, 10. Heáfodwunde tó bóte. Gif ða bán beóð bútú þyrel (þyrle, MSS. B. H.) ... Gif ðæt úterre bán bið þyrel..., L. Alf. pol. 44; Th. i. 92, 14. Gif bútú þyrele sién, L. Ethb. 47; Th. i. 14, 12. Hé eówaþ ús his þyrlan handa, Wulfst. 90, 6. [O. H. Ger. durchil pertusus.] v. þurh-þyrel.

þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode. I. to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate :-- Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum æ-acute;le dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula, Ex. 21, 6. Þirlige, Lev. 25, 10. II. to make hollow; fig. to make vain :-- Áídlie &l-bar; þyrlie obunco (? obunco is glossed by ymbclipe, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31), Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 66. Þyrliaþ cavantur, evacuantur, hol cava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 62. [He lette þurlen his scheld, A. R. 392, 24. To þurlin godes side wið speres ord, Jul. 41, 14. With a spere was thirled his brestboon, Ch. Kn. T. 1852. To hem þat his herte þirled, Piers P. i. 172. Thyrlyn (thryllyn) or peercyn penetro, terebro, perforo, Prompt. Parv. 491.] v. þurh-þyrelian.

þyrelung, e; f. Perforation, piercing through :-- 'Ðurhðyrela ðone wág' ... Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges 'fode parietem.' ... Quid est parietem fodere? Past. 21; Swt. 153, 25. [In his side þurluuge, O. E. Homl. i. 207,13]

þyrel-wamb; adj. Having the stomach pierced :-- Þyrelwombne, Exon. Th. 490, 13; Rä. 79, 11.

þyrfende. v. þurfan.

þyringas; pl. The Thuringians :-- Wód weóld Þyringum, Exon. Th. 320, 17; Víd. 30: 322, 16. Mid Eást-Þyringum, 323, 30; Víd. 86. Maroara habbaþ bewestan him þyringas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 11. v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. c. xxii.

þyrl, þyrlian. v. þyrel, þyrelian.

þyrl-hús, es; n. A turner's shop :-- Þrylhús tornatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 45.

þyrn-cin, es; n.(?) A small prickly plant (-cin diminutive suffix?), a thistle :-- Cwyst ðú gaderaþ man wínberian of þornum oððe fícæppla of þyrncinum (tribolis), Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16.

þyrne, an; f. A thorn-bush :-- Þyrne, thyrnae dumus, Txts. 57, 710. Þorn oþþe þynne dumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 70. Þyrne frutices, ramos, 151, 44; dumus, i. spina, spineta, Wülck. Gl. 225, 23. Hé geseah ðæt seó þyrne (rubus) ... næs forburnen, Ex. 3, 2, 3. On ða þyrnan westewarde ðæ-acute;r se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 12. On ða rúgan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan on ða brémbelþyrnan, 419, 12. On gáte þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan on blace þyrnan, vi. 2, 5. On ða blacan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan, 220, 20. On ða ealdan þyrnan, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 136, 25. Þyrnan dumos, þyrnum dumis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 43, 44. [Cf. Icel. þyrnir a thorn.] v. brémel-, brér-, mæ-acute;r-þyrne.