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Intil(l, Intyll, prep. [ME. in tel (1255), in til (c 1300), intil, intyl, intill (1562), f. In adv. and Till prep. Frequently written as two words. In later use northern and Scottish.]

A. = Into, A.

1. So as to enter or get into (a place or receptacle). 1375 Barb. ii. 421.
Syne all the small folk … He send with harnase and vittale In-till the park Ib. xiii. 498.
Quharfor syne in-till Ingland He was banyst Ib. xviii. 231.
He tuk purpos for to ryde … in till Scotland a1400 Leg. S. x. 7.
In til a towne he come forby 1386 Rotuli Sc. II. 85/2.
To entre and to isse, to gang and to come intil Ingland c1420 Wynt. I. 1573.
He gat in tyll a gala … And passyd the se c1460 Consail of Wysman 266.
Thai … in tyll hevyn sal neuer cum c1475 Wall. I. 155.
In till Dunde Wallace to scule thai send c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 112.
Quhill all the pennis of it outsprang In till the air full wyde a1540 Freiris Berw. 556 (M).
At our the bak in till ane myre he fell c1552 Lynd. Mon. 130.
Intyll ane park I past 1596 Dalr. I. 249/25.
An honorable monasterie to accepte thame intil Ib. 328/18.
How sune that he was receauet, he was borne in till a chalmber 1682 Lauder's Observes App. iv. 304.
His enemies ... might perhaps ... have put some crooked prin intil it

2. In various contexts, implying placing, division, transmission, happening, change, etc. See In prep. 16 b, c. 1375 Barb. xvii. 559.
Thai … delit thame in till battellis twa c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 870.
Her for to help … Or that scho fall handes in till That hyr … sla will c1420 Wynt. iv. 33.
In tyll this part [of the treatise] gyffe yhe procede Ib. vii. 1524.
This man … fell in till a collatyown Wyth the Kyng a1500 Henr. Orph. 159.
Chaungit sall be … My diademe in till ane hat of hair 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 614.
That Venus suld … In till sum … best transfigurat me Ib. 629.
Intill ane wolf thay did Lycaon turne 1567 G. Ball. 54.
Sen we are now at Goddis peace Intill his fauour we are taine 1571 Sat. P. xxvii. 41.
Thow will put all intill apperand perell Gif Inglis forcis in this realme repair 1596 Dalr. I. 141/14.
He fell intill al kynde of lust 1622 Crim. Trials III. 608.
[The witch says] I sall goe intill a craw 1682 Lauder Observes 303.
The lounes … fell intil a debate amongist themselves

B. = In prep. in various senses.

1. a. In (a country or some part or place of one). 1375 Barb. iii. 95.
The hardiest [men] … That war intill all that cuntre Ib. xx. 48.
All the clame that thai mycht haff In till Scotland c1420 Wynt. vii. 605.
In till Dunde Tyll God the spyryte than yhald he Ib. viii. 5364.
Willame … gat till hym a company … In till the vale off Anand 1535 Stewart 95.
… Intill ane place callit Ecolumkill, … In Iona yle within the occident se Ib. 34146.
That neuir Scot intill all Albione … be left levand c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4284.
He hes in tyll ilk countre His Princis of gret grauytie 1567 Sat. P. vii. 2.
As I allone did walk Intill ane place was plesand to behauld ?1549 Monro W. Isles 16.
Thair is ane loch intill it [Uist] callit Loch Vi

b. In or within (a natural feature of the earth or place); among (these). 1375 Barb. vii. 71.
He … stud in-till a busk lurkand Ib. x. 560 (E).
A strayt roid … In till the crage syne doun I went Ib. xiv. 391.
Richarde of Clar, and other … war Herbryit in-till a forest syde 14.. Acts I. 323/2.
The forster … aw till mak a cors in till the erde c1420 Wynt. i. 648.
In tyll the hyllis of that land The pigmaveis ar duelland Ib. vi. 1280.
With a prest in till his way He ete a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 19.
The sone, the mone, & sternis to our sicht Ar neir all closit in till a clond obscure 1513 Doug. xiii. iv. 68.
Lyke as that emottis Had beldit … Intill a cliff thar byke 1535 Stewart 8824.
Ane staill of Romanes lay intill ane slak 1573 Sat. P. xlii. 288.
Fals fenȝeit Judasis, … In till all airth, baith north and south

c. In (a structure, or place in this, a receptacle or container). 1375 Barb. iv. 38.
Schyr Ranald wes … Hangyt in till a berne in Ar Ib. viii. 490.
Thai fand in till his awmener A letter Ib. xix. 663.
In till the luge a fox he saw a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 1068.
In till his study [he] sait a day c1420 Wynt. I. 396.
In tyll that schype he gart herbry Ib. iv. 2355.
As he in tyll his chawmyr lay In tyll his bed c1515 Asl. MS. I. 219/16.
The sege that was liand about the castell … and Schir William … was in till it 1535 Stewart 12392.
Scheip that la intill ane fald 1536 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 76.
The woll … thair to be sauld and intill nane vther place c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1067.
Lyke byrdis in tyll ane cage 15.. Clar. iii. 434.
The Queine intill ane uther chalmer lyis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7236.
He fand the Quene sitting intill hir bowre 1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 101.
Thai wald haif wist hir swoumand Intil a bait a1578 Pitsc. I. 197/2.
This hielandman … seand the pailȝeoun and nane intill it … , tuik the samin [crown]

d. In, within, or during (a certain time). 1375 Barb. i. 340.
As to the gud Erle of Artayis … befell intill his dayis Ib. iii. 163.
In-till litill tyd Ib. vi. 211.
Intill the evynnyng Ib. xi. 303.
In-till an litill thraw Ib. xv. 106.
In till the nycht a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 113.
Sancte Julyane … In til his tyme wes na glotoun Ib. xxvii. 1013.
He tholit in till that houre … mony herd schoure 1407 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 65.
Intill the tyme that he ore yon be fullily assethit c1420 Wynt. v. 3087.
He maid … dedicatiowne … Off the kirk in till his dayis Ib. 3352.
That fay That Arryus held in tyll hys day c1475 Wall. I. 158.
Thus he conteynde in till hys tendyr age a1508 Kynd Kittok 28.
Sche lukit out on a day, … in till ane euill hour a1585 Maitl. Q. lxix. 1.
Intill ane morning mirthfullest of May

e. With various nouns denoting or implying some concrete thing.With the examples given in (1) compare those for in hand, Hand n. 4.(1) 1375 Barb. v. 577.
Had nocht God … Set help in till his awne hand He had ben ded c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 870.
That scho fall handes in-till That hyr defoule or hyr sla will 1398 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 37.
In til the handis of that ilke Thomas c1420 Wynt. vi. 2216.
Off that wode than ilka man In till hys hand a busk tuk than Ib. viii. 2782.
All the land That yhe hawe now in till yhoure hand 1513 Doug. v. xiii. 26.
Haldand a cowpe of gold intil hys hand c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2296.
Sanct Apollin … With all hir tethe in tyll hir handis(2) a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 39.
Sum mentioun of Christe … That scho in til hire hart had hyd 1456 Hay II. 52/11.
Than suld noblesse … be intill all noble knichtis a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 15.
In till oure hert quhill thou art herbriour, We ar wiser than wes King Salomone 1567 G. Ball. 33.
The paine, … Abone mesour, sall wirk eternall gloir In till our saull(3) 1375 Barb. xii. 426.
In till thair rowtis men mycht se The Ynglis men in othir party Ib. xv. 354.
Bath the forreouris and the staill In-tyll a childrome knyt all haill a1400 Leg. S. xli. 127.
Bot his thret na his gluthryng scho set bath in til a lyne, & at his wordis made smylyng(4) 1375 Barb. xvii. 714.
The schipmen … Com with … thair schippis till assail … and wicht men armyt intill steill c1475 Wall. iii. 167.
Thair cheyff chyftan, … fers as fyr, … On a gret hors, … in till his glitterand geir a1500 Rauf C. 409.
He preikit full prest, Intill his harnes all haill a1540 Freiris Berw. 474 (M).
That he appeir in till our habite quhyt, … till our ordour it war ane grit despyte c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2875.
Quhen scho wes intyll armour dycht, Mycht no man knaw hir be one knycht(5) c1420 Wynt. v. 304.
As Josephus Signifyis in tyll hys buk till ws Ib. ii. 10.
As Orosius In tyll hys cornyklys tellys ws 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. 18.
Of quhome the bountie … Vneith may be intill ane scripture brewit(6) 1535 Stewart 4071.
Intill ane fyre tha brint it all in as a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 963.
A spoung … intill wynakar thai soupit 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 03.
The edder … With forkit tong intyll his mouth quytterand c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4185.
As may be red at length in tyll his storye 1560 Rolland Seven S. 3628.
Vpon a tyme I red intill ane quair [etc.] 1568 Lyndesay Pref. ii.
Intill his bukis to speik he did nocht spair(7) 1375 Barb. vii. 142.
To trow in-till vs any ill

f. Placed at the end of a relative clause. Cf. Into B. 4. 1496 Acta Conc. II. 39.
The oppinarris of the sade sek that the … gold was intill 1513 Doug. i. iii. 75, comm.
The water, quhilk is … ganand to sayll or swym intyll 1531 Bell. Boece II. 490.
The said Erlis … gat the toun … with the castell thairof to remaine intill 1535 Stewart 16588.
Thair wes … nane that tyme that he mycht traist in till 1553 Lanark B. Rec. 24.
The hous that he duellis in tyll 1571 Misc. Bann. C. III. 125.
Thair was prepared a bath-fatt for to bathe me intill 1636 Brechin Test. V. 203.
Scho … leiffis equallie betuix hir & the said Elspet … the bed claythis that they ly intill 1652 Lindores Abbey 212.
That they would … desyne some pairt in the church for him … to sett up some seat intill

2. Used in place of in with many nouns of the same kind as those illustrated under In prep. 4–15.(1) 1375 Barb. i. 186.
Bath castell and toune War intill his possessioune Ib. iii. 238.
In-till hy Ib. iv. 627.
God furthir vs in till our fair Ib. vi. 560.
In-till a lyng Ib. xv. 389.
He had in till custum all-way To pres him the chiftane to sla a1400 Leg. S. xxvi. 178.
[He was] blyth in til admonestyng c1420 Wynt. iv. 887.
How oure frendys … In till oure suppowale ras Ib. v. 1364.
Thare was na man that wald contrare This byschope in till word or deyde Ib. vi. 492.
In till procession … As scho past c1450-2 Howlat 110.
I … Askis helpe in till haist at your halynes a1500 Bk. Chess 25.
Sum in till hunting has thair hale delyte Ib. 2053.
The king More sober is in till his first moving a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 153.
This fair ȝoung Prince … Schew intill ded that he his pepill lude c1552 Lynd. Mon. 965.
Cicero, intyll oratrye, [Was] neuer half sa eloquent(2) 1375 Barb. xiii. 270.
Thai war than intill sa gret effray Ib. xvii. 710.
Thai … Defendit manfully thar stede In till gret auentur of dede c1420 Wynt. ii. 384.
In tyll gret dystres thai ware Ib. vii. 2178.
This I wrat noucht in errwre … na in till dyshonwre c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 4.
Till hir … I me commend, … Intill hir bandoun for to rest 1540 Lynd. Sat. 193.
I haue bene in ane ferie farie, Or ellis intill ane trance c1550 Id. Meldrum 1392.
Quhen this gude knicht the squyer saw, Thus lyand in till his deid thraw(3) 1375 Barb. iv. 236.
Thai mak ay thair ansuering In-till dowbill vndirstanding Ib. xx. 72.
The gud Lord alls Dowglas Intill hys steid ordanyt he a1400 Leg. S. iv. 213.
In till his name I command thé That … thou ryse c1420 Wynt. ii. 325.
[The king] helde hym in tyll gret daynte Ib. iv. 2532.
That denere … Suld have bene intyll walu. Ten pennys c1420 Ratis R. 72.
Thai thre termes ar ay present Intyll his rychtwys jugment a1500 Quare Jel. 299.
This may be clept a wrech intill his mynd 1513 Doug. xiii. Prol. 121.
Quhou he was dung and beft intill hys sleip a1570-86 Maitland M. Fol. xiv. 62.
The warldis instabilitie That never still in till ane stait dois byde 1573 Sat. P. xl. 287.
To let the tyrannis se … that he can his alquhair Preserue maist surely intill vprichtness(4) 1375 Barb. xvii. 249.
Spryngalds ... He purvait in-till full gret wane(5) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 124.
That ... kinge We sall serwe in till al thinge 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4287.(6) 1375 Barb. v. 23.
Thai ... rowit alwayis in till ane c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3312.
Thay did conclude all in till one Thay wald nocht [etc.]