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thyles

thyles is the plural of thyle.

Meaning of thyle

Noun

thyle (plural thyles)

  1. (historical) A member of an early medieval Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon court whose exact function is now unclear, but appears to roughly have been that of an authority on the fields of history and legend, especially their recital and interpretation.
    • Man alien in a hostile world, engaged in a struggle which he cannot win while the world lasts, is assured that his foes are the foes also of Dryhten, that his courage noble in itself is also the highest loyalty: so said thyle and clerk.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 25

Questions about thyles

What is thyles the plural of?
Thyles is the plural of thyle.

Words near thyles in the dictionary

  1. thylacosmilids
  2. thylakoid
  3. thylakoidal
  4. thylakoids
  5. thyle
  6. thyles
  7. thylke
  8. thymacetin
  9. thymalfasin
  10. thymate
  11. thymates

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