að, [Ulf. timrjan or timbrjan = οἰκοδομειν; A. S. timbrian; Engl. timber; O. H. G. zimbaron; Germ. zimmern; Dan. tömre; Swed. timbra]:—to ‘timber,’ i. e. to build of timber; the very word proves that all ancient Teutonic dwellings were of wood; hús at t., Rm.; timbruðum vér hásæti, Sks. 626; upp at t. Guðs Kristni, Fms. x. 277, Sks. 26, passim; há-timbra hús ok hof, to raise high houses and temples, Vsp. 7, Gm.