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wiþ-teón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
wiþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.
Grammar
wiþ-teón, with acc.
to withdraw, draw back
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  • Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhð

    as far as ever the sea withdraws itself (recedes ),

      Chart. Th. 318, 9.
Grammar
wiþ-teón, with dat.
to draw back, restrain
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  • Balaham wolde féran ðǽr hiene mon bæd, ac his éstfulnesse wiðteáh (wit-,

      Hatt. MS.
    ) se esol ðe hé onuppan sæt

    Balaam pervenire ad propositum tendit, sed ejus votunt animal, cut praesidet, praepedit,

    • Past. 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 254, 23
      • .

  • Óðerne hé dráf suíðe geornfullíce mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle

    illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur,

    • 40
      • ;
    • Swt. 293, 1
      • .
to draw away,
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cf. wiþ-ferian
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  • Wiþtugon

    detrahebant,

      Ps. Spl. T. 108, 3.
to draw to
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  • Wiðtíhþ

    attrahit (other Latin versions have abstrahit ),

      Ps. Lamb. second 9, 9.
Etymology
[
Wiðteod giu of þe flesliche lustes abstinete uos a carnalibus desideriis,
    O. E. Homl. ii. 137, 18.
Þat he us wissie to wiðtien of alle flesliche lustes,
    79, 4.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþ-teón.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36278.

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