▪ I. † tilie Obs.
Also 2 teolie, 4 tilye.
[OE. tilia, agent-n. f. tilian to till.]
One who tills or cultivates the soil; a husbandman; = tiller n.1
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 38 Þa ða tylian [c 1160 Hatt. G. tylien] þone sunu ᵹesawun, þa cwædon hiᵹ [etc.]. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Alse þe wise teolie þenne he wule sawe nimeð ȝeme of twam þingen, an is hweðer þet lond beo bicumelic to þe sede. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 155 On tilie ferde ut and sew. a 1225 Ancr. R. 416 Þeos riche ancren þet beoð eorðe tilien, oðer habbeð rentes i-sette. c 1325 Chron. Eng. 93 (Ritson) Muche folk..That were erthe tilyes gode. |
▪ II. tilie
obs. form of teil, lime-tree, till v.1