Till
See also: till
English
Proper noun
Till
- A river in Northumberland, England, tributary to the Tweed.
- Traditional saying:
- Tweed says to Till:
"What gars ye rin sae still ?"
Till says to Tweed:
"Tho ye rin wi' speed
And I rin slaw
Whar ye droon ae man,
I droon twa !"
- Tweed says to Till:
- Traditional saying:
German
Etymology
Medieval diminutive of compound given names beginning with Diet- (such as Dieter or Dietrich), from the Old High German element thoit (“people”).
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