From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Till \Till\, prep. [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw.
till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel
end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit,
convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See {Till}, v. t.]
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in
respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc.,
and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and
Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till
next week.
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He . . . came till an house. --Chaucer.
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Women, up till this
Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo.
--Tennyson.
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Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar
with his writings -- all through them till the very
end. --Prof.
Wilson.
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{Till now}, to the present time.
{Till then}, to that time.
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