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teran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §106; §503;
To tear, rend, bite, lacerate,
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  • Fealleþ on sídan ðæt ic (

    a plough

    ) tóþum tere,
      Exon. Th. 403, 27; Rä. 22, 14.

  • Hit tyrþ (

    mordebit

    ) eal swá snaca,
      Scint. 105, 8.

  • Teraþ

    carpunt,

      Germ. 395, 403.

  • Gif swín deáde men teraþ (

    laceraverint

    ),
      L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 38.

  • Ðá tær hé his cláðas

    scissis vestibus,

      Gen. 37, 29, 34.

  • Wyrmas gelíce mid ðǽm scillum gelíce mid ðé múþe ða eorðan sliton and tǽron

    oribus scamisque suis humum atterentes,

      Nar. 14, 12.

  • Hæfdon hié téð and hié mid ðǽm ða men wundodon and tǽron

    habentes dentes quibus artus militum violabant,

      15, 9.

  • Ða fuglas mid hiora cléum ða fixas tǽron,

      16, 21.

  • Hé ongon his hrægl teran,

      Exon. Th. 278, 10; Jul. 595.

  • Feax teran

    to tear the hair.

      Judth. Thw. 25, 28.

  • Ne sceal hé teran ne bítan swá swá wulf,

      Homl. Th. ii. 532, 9.

  • Tó teorenne

    lacerandum,

      Txts. 172, 2.

  • Terende weleras

    mordens labia,

      Scint. 78, 14.

  • Teorende hine

    discerpens eum,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 26.

  • Mid slítendum ł terendum tóðreómum validis (voracibus) gingivis, Hpt. Gl. 423, 43. (1 a) to bite, of pungent food, etc. :-- Hé is swíðe biter on múþe and hé ðé tirþ on ða þrotan ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast

    talia sunt, ut degustata mordeant,

      Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 29.
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  • Ne ðú hine ne tǽl ne ne ter mid wordum

    do not backbite,

    Basil admn.
      5; Norm. 46, 11.
Etymology
[Goth. dis-, ga-tairan: O. H. Ger. zeran.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, tó-teran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “teran.” 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/30389.

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