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tóh

  • adjective
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Grammar
tóh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§117; §328; §428;
Tough, tenacious, holding fast together; lentus
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  • Tóh, óoch, thóch

    lenta,

      Txts. 73, 1198.
  • Tóh,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 64.
  • Ðæm

    tón lento,

    62.
  • Ðǽm tón

    ab lentis,

      3, 48.
tough, pliant
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  • Tóh (tóch, thóh) gerd

    lentum vimen,

      Txts. 75, 1207 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 74.
tough, sticky, glutinous, clammy
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  • Nim hwetstán brádneand gní dða buteranon ðæm hwetstane mid copore ðæt heó beo wel toh,

      Lchdm. iii. 16, 22.
Etymology
[Makeþ ȝoure speres toȝe and strang, Laym. 5865. Mid toȝen his mæine, 9319. Thei hadden towȝ cley for syment, Wick. Gen. 11, 3. Towhhe, not tender tenax, Prompt. Parv. 498. Du. taai pliant, lough, clammy, sticky : O. H. Ger. záhi tenax : Ger. záhe.]
Similar entries
v. tóan, téan, tóhlíce.
Linked entries
v.  teáh tóan.
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  • tóh, adj.