Tillan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tillan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: v. 193, 8. Alle þat he miȝt tille. Per. 59.

Definitions

1 tillan

p. tilde To touch, reach. In compounds á-, ge-tillan; instances omitted under those words are given here:--Ðeáh ðe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ (adtingit), Scint. 100, 15. Getilþ contingat, getilde contigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 9-13. Gif wé ðone hróf ðære heálícan eáðmódnesse getillan willaþ (adtingere), R. Ben. 23, 2. [Ðe niþer end tilde to his chinne, Brand. 24. He hadde a long berd þat tilled (tylde) to his wombe habuit barbam prolixam usque ad ventrem, TreO. H. Ger. [zillen]; p. zilta tangit.] tillan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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