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▪ I. t'1
shortened form of to, before a vowel, formerly in use, often combined with the following word, as tabandon to abandon, tabyde to abide; so taxe to ask, tescape, t'attempt; also, with omission of h, tave, tafe, to have, ta to hae, to have; tadwellyd to have dwelt, talyved to have lived, etc.
c1200Ormin 3879 Þatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4334 Ffair folk to fighte, Cesar tabyde. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 1019–22 He gaff to hem..Talyved euere,..Neuer tave had necessyte Off deyyng. Ibid. 9392 Taxe and lerne, thow art wys. Ibid. 9422 And tadwellyd Immutable. Ibid. 16962 Tescape Eche Trybulacion. 1559Mirr. Mag. (1563) B vij, I forced the Frenchemen tabandon theyr bowers. 1592in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) IV. 343 Proved cares and assured love aught,..tafe the upperhand. 1706E. Ward Hud. Rediv. I. iii. 27 T' attempt some Massacre or Treason. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. ii. iii. 117 Staberius thus compell'd his heirs t' engrave On his proud tomb what legacies he gave.
▪ II. t'2
north Eng. dial. form of the, before a vowel or consonant: as in t'airm, t'bairn, t'bottle, t'faarm, t'heart, t'man, t'measter; sometimes also written without apostrophe, tman, tnail, trasps, twasp. See the. |
