tilþ

Old English

Alternative forms

• tilþe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, tilian (“to labor”) +‎ -þ. Cognates include Middle Dutch teelt, Old Frisian tilath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tilθ/, [tiɫθ]

Noun

tilþ f

1. something gained or acquired through labor

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tilþ	tilþa, tilþe
accusative	tilþe	tilþa, tilþe
genitive	tilþe	tilþa
dative	tilþe	tilþum

Descendants

• Middle English: tilthe
  • English: tilth

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tilþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.