Old English · verb
tilian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈti.li.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈti · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- tillobtain
Meaning
-
to obtain
-
to strive
ond þonne ġeþenċan · hū wē þider cumen, ond wē þonne ēac tilien, · þæt wē tō mōten in þā ēċan · ēadiġnesse, þǣr is līf ġelong · in lufan dryhtnes, hyht in heofonum.
Let’s wonder where we would have home, and then think how we would come thither, and then we would also strive so that we would be let in the everlasting bliss too where live is along in love of the Lord, the hope on heavens.
Uton wē hyċġan · hwǣr sē hām āgen, -
to provide for
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tilōną, whence also Old High German zilōn.
Descendants
till
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