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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
teine, fire, Ir. teine, O. Ir. tene, g. tened, pl. tenti, W. tân, Cor., Br. tan (in proper names also tanet): *tenet-, *tenos, Celtic root te, from tep, hot, as in teas, q.v. Not for *te(p)ne-, as usually said, which would give téine now, nor *tepsne-, which would produce tenne now; teine-sionnachain, phosphorescence, teine-fionn, will o' the wisp (Suth.).
teinn, calamity, strait; an abstract nounn from teann.
teirig, fail, be spent, die, teireachduinn (inf.), Ir. teiricim (O'B.), E. Ir. tarnic, it ended, from *tar-ic, transire (tar, across, and ic or nic of thig, thanig). Atkinson joins it with tairicim, arrive (= to-air-ic-), as in tàir, but the meanings scarcely suit.
teiric, hake, herring hake (Carm.):
teirinn, tèarn, descend, Ir. tearnaim, túrnaim, E. Ir. tairnim, O. Ir. tairnnud, dejectio (= to-air-innud), from *endô, go, root end, ed, I. E. ped, go (Eng. foot, Lat. pes, etc., G. uidhe, q.v.).
teirisi! the dairymaid's cry to calm a cow; see tairis.
teirm, a term, Ir. tearma, earlier, térma (F.M.); from M. Eng. terme, from Lat. terminus through Fr.
tearmasg, tiormasg, a mistake, mischance; cf. eirmis. Here te may be for de, on the analogy of to, do.
téis, a musical air; see séist for derivation.
teismeid, last will and testament; from Lat. testamentum.
teis-meadhon, the exact or very middle; teis = to-ess, as in teasairg.
teist, testimony, Ir. teisd, teist, O. Ir. teist, W. tyst, Br. test; from Lat. testis, Eng. test, etc.
teó, teódh, make warm; from teò-, q.v. The Ir. verb is teighim, inf. téaghadh.
teò-, warm, teò-chridheach, warm-hearted; *tepu-, Skr. tapus, hot, root tep as in teth. Cf. Keating's (Three Shafts, 282), teó-ghrádhuigheas, qui ardentius amat, where Atkinson considers teó a comparative.
teòm, a doel (Carm.):
teòma, skilful, expert, teòm, cunning (Carm.):
teth, hot, Ir. teith, comp. teotha (G. and Ir.), M. Ir. te, comp. teou: *teps (?), root tep, hot, as in teas. The O. Ir. is tee, té, fervidus, pl. téit, from *tepents, g. *tepentos, Lat. tepens.
teuchd, congeal, be parched, Ir. teuchdaim, curdle, coagulate, M. Ir. téchtaige, frozen, O. Ir. coiteichtea, concretionis: *tenkto-, from I. E. tenq, firm, fast; Eng. tight, Ger. dicht, close.
teud, a string, Ir. teud, téad, O. Ir. tét, fidis, W. tant: tṇtâ, chord; Skr. tântu, tánti, cord: root ten, stretch, thin, as in tana.
teugmhail, battle, contest, disease, Ir. teagmháil, a meeting, retribution: *to-ex-com-dháil, see comhdhail. In the sense of "disease", see eugail.
