tylle
Danish
Etymology
Perhaps from the root of dønning (“swell”), from Low German düning, from dünen (“rise, grow”).
Middle English
Etymology 1
A shortening of lentile (“lentil”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtil(ə)/
Related terms
Descendants
- English: till
References
- “tille, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
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 2018-05-04.
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.
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