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tǽsan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tǽsan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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  • Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse (wulle added in MS. W.) carpo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4;
    • Zup. 170, 13.
    Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst,

    • Wülck. Gl. 200, 5.
      • (In
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 76
    a line is omitted.)

  • Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 47;
    • By. 270.

  • Nint wulle, and tǽs hý,

    • Lchdm. iii. 112, 8.
Etymology
  • Gow. i. 17, 8.
carpo,
  • Prompt. Parv. 497,
    • and see note. I toose owlle and card het,
  • Rel. Ant. ii. 197, 36 (15th cent.)
    • . Cf. O. H. Ger. zeisan; p. zias carpere: O. Du. teesen to tease wool: Dan. tæse.
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-tǽsan; tǽsl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tǽsan.” 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/30178.

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