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tawian

  • verb [ weak ]
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tawian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§120;
to taw, dress or prepare material
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  • Ðá bæd se Godes man ðæt him man íserngelóman mid hwǽte ðyder brohte ðæt land mid tó tawienne. Ðá ðæt land ða getawod wæs and hé on gerisne tíd mid hwǽte hit seów

    ferramenta sibi ruralia cum frumento adferri rogavit, quod dum praeparata terra tempore congruo seminaret,

    • Bd. 4, 28; M. 366, 24.
    [Birrþ læredd mann þurrh spell mekenn þin herrte, and turrnenn itt and tawwenn itt and nesshenn itt,
    • Orm. 15908.

  • The sotter that tawith ȝure lethir,

    • Rel. Ant. ii. 175, 24 (about 1308).

  • Tewyn lethyr

    frunio, corrodio,

    • Prompt. Parv. 490.
O. Du. touwen
to curry leather:
O. H. Ger. zauwen, zouwen
exercere (ferrum). Cf. also tew or tewynge of lethyr frunicio,
  • Prompt. Parv, 489:
O. H. Ger. zawa
tinctura:
Goth. taui
work. Teware corridiator,
  • Prompt. Parv. 490:
O. H. Ger. zauwari
tinctorius ]
. v. tewestre.
but the word seems to occur in the older time in reference to the ill-treatment of persons or things, to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult. Cf. to tew = to trouble, vex, E. D. S. Pub. (Linc.), and see Halliwell
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  • Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde,

    • Wulfst. 162, 20.

  • Se deófol eów tawode þurh his drýmen swá swá hé wolde

    the devil hath treated you as he pleased (the persons addressed had been deprived in turn of the power of speech, motion, and sight) by his wizards,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 486, 31.

  • Hé heora burga forbærnde and hí tó bysmore tawode (tucode, MSS. C. V.)

    he burnt up their cities and evilly intreated them,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 388.

  • Hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore

    he had shamefully abused God's temple

      (
    • cf. l. 538
      • ),
    • 25, 542.

  • Ðæt folc hine hæfde swá yfele swilce hé sumes þinges scyldig wǽre; and ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brudon, and tó wundre tawedon

    treated him wondrous ill,

    • i. 23, 654.

  • Ða ðe gefongne wǽron hié tawedan mid ðære mǽstan uniéðnesse; sume ofslógon, sume ofswungon, sume him wið feó gesealdon. Ðá Rómáne ðæt geácsedan, ðá sendan hié ǽrendracan tó him ... Ðá tawedan hié eft ða ǽrendracan mid ðæm mǽstan bismere, swá hié ða óþre ǽr dydon,

    • Ors. 4, 1;
    • Swt. 154, 7-13.

  • Ðæt hié hié mósten tawian mid ðære mǽstan bismrunge,

    • 3, 3;
    • Swt. 102, 21.
Similar entries
v. getawian; teágan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-tawian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tawian.” 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/30220.

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