Old English · adjective

til

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /til/
Syllables: til (1 syllable)
Modern English: use convenience til till unto competent morally to

til1 · adjective

Senses

good (morally good; competent; useful, etc.)

Til sċeal mid tilum.

The good shall be with the good.

Declension

Strong declension of til
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	til	tilu tilo	til
Accusative	tilne	tile	til
Genitive	tiles	tilre	tiles
Dative	tilum	tilre	tilum
Instrumental	tile	tilre	tile
Plural
Nominative	tile	tila tile	tilu tilo
Accusative	tile	tila tile	tilu tilo
Genitive	tilra	tilra	tilra
Dative	tilum	tilum	tilum
Instrumental	tilum	tilum	tilum

Weak declension of til
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tila	tile	tile
Accusative	tilan	tilan	tile
Genitive	tilan	tilan	tilan
Dative	tilan	tilan	tilan
Instrumental	tilan	tilan	tilan
Plural
Nominative	tilan	tilan	tilan
Accusative	tilan	tilan	tilan
Genitive	tilra tilena	tilra tilena	tilra tilena
Dative	tilum	tilum	tilum
Instrumental	tilum	tilum	tilum

til2 · noun · neuter

Senses

use, service, convenience

Gewritu secgaþ ðæt seó wiht sý mid moncynne miclum ticlum sweotol and gesýne, sundorcræft hafaþ.

Writings say that those beings were to mankind of great service; they clearly and obviously had special powers.
goodness, kindness

Me on ðínum tile gelǽr ðæt ic teala cunne ðín sóðfæst weorc healdan.

Thy goodness teaches me that I should maintain your righteous work.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of til
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	til	tilas
Accusative	til	tilas
Genitive	tiles	tila
Dative	tile	tilum

til3 · preposition

Senses

to, until, unto

Ðá cueð til him ðe Hǽlend

Then Jesus said unto them,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tilaz, whence also Old Frisian til, Old High German zil (German Ziel), Old Norse tilr, Gothic (til).

Possibly borrowed from Old Norse til, though the OED has it as "Germanic" and related to Old Norse til and to Old Frisian til. If not borrowed, then inherited from Proto-West Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *til.

Descendants

til, till

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