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tó-slítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten
To tear in two, tear to pieces, tear asunder
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  • Ic tóbrece oððe tóslíte

    rumpo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6;
    • Zup. 177, 4.

  • Ic tóslíte

    scinrio,

    • Zup. 178, 6:

    lacero,

    • 36; Zup. 214, 10:

    lanio,

    • Zup. 216, 15.
to tear in two, in pieces, rend material, e. g. a garment, a bond
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  • Ðæt níua tóslítaþ

    the new maketh a rent,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 36.

  • Se héhsacerd tóslát ł torende (scindens) woedo his,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 63
      • :
    • Past. 3;
    • Swt. 35, 20.

  • Hé tóslát (disrupisset) ða raceteága,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 4.

  • Ne tóslíte ué ðæt cyrtel

    non scindamus tunicam,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 24.

  • Ðá hét ic eald hrægl tóslítan and habban wið ðæm fýre

    jussi scissas uestes opponere ignibus,

    • Nar. 23, 30.

  • Ðæs temples wáhryft wearð tósliten on twégen dǽlas fram ufeweardon oð nyþeweard

    the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 51.

  • Tóslitten wæs ðæt nett

    rumpebatur retia,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 6.
to give a torn appearance to anything, to serrate (of leaves)
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  • Ðeós wyrt is gehwǽdon leáfun and tóslitenon,

    • Lchdm. i. 290, 9.
figuratively
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  • Hé ðone cræft briceþ and ða orðancas ealle tóslíteþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 147;
    • Sal. 72.

  • Gif ðé hwæt yfeles biþ, hraþe hyt byþ tósliten, swá wæs Abdias gyrdels ðæs wítegan.

    • Lchdm. i. 328, 2.
to rend, cleave, break asunder that which is hard or bulky
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  • Ðú tóslite wyllas and burnan

    tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes;

    thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood (A. V.),

    • Ps. Spl. 73, 16.

  • Hé tóslát stán

    dirupit petram;

    he opened the rock (A. V.),

    • 104, 39.

  • Hé tóslát sǽ

    interrupit mare,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 13.

  • Stánas tósliten ł tobrocen wéron

    petrae scissae sunt,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 51.
figuratively
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  • Ðá ic ðære heortan heardnesse mid geornfullícre fandunge tóslát

    cum cordis duritia studiosis percunctationibus scinditur.

    • Past. 21;
    • Swt. 155, 5.
to tear the flesh, rend, bite, wound, lacerate, generally of wounds made by animals, literally and figuratively
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  • Wurmas tóslítaþ heora líchaman mid fýrenum tóðum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 132, 17.

  • Ða líchoman ðe wildeór ábiton, oþþe fixas tóslitan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 95, 16.

  • Gifhund mon tóslíte oððe ábíte,

    • L. Alf. pol. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 78, 2.

  • Ðæt se werewulf tó swíðe ne tóslíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde,

    • L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31.

  • Ðe læs hig (porci) eów tóslýton (-slítas, Lind.)

    ne dirumpant vos,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 6.

  • Tóslítan (-en, MS.).

    discerpere, dilaniare.

    • Hpt. Gl. 423, 54.

  • Ðam ðe tósliten (bitten by a dog) sý,

    • Lchdm. i. 362, 25
      • :
    • 370, 16.

  • Se ðe tósliten beó

    he that is bitten by a snake,

    • Num. 21, 8
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 240, 18.

  • Swá swá sceáp from wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran tóslitene wǽron fram heora feóndum

    (discerpuntur ab hostibus),

    • Bd. 1, 12;
    • S. 481, 26.

  • Scípo diówlíca ne forlǽt ðú onerninge ðætte wé sié tósliteno

    oves diabolica non sinas incursione lacerari.

    • Rtl. 36, 1.

  • Góman beóþ tóslitene,

    • Soul Kmbl. 216;
    • Seel. 110.

  • Ða tóslitenan wunda heó forþrycceþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 356, 14.
to tear asunder, part, separate what has been joined, sever
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  • Mon eáþe tóslíteþ, ðætte nǽfre gesomnad wæs,

    • Exon. Th. 380, 33;
    • Rä. 1. 18.

  • Sibbe tóslítaþ sinhíwan tú,

    • 284, 16; Jul. 698.

  • Ðæt God gegeadrade monn ne tóslíte

    quod Deus conjunxit, homo non separet.

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 6.
to pull to pieces, destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete, to destroy, dissipate
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  • Ic undóe ł tóslíto tempel ðis

    ego dissoluam templum hoc,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 58.

  • Hý sǽlða tóslítaþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348.

  • Tóslát

    destruit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 16, 16.

  • Tóslítende (eft gié tóslítas, Lind. Rush.) Godes bebod

    rescindentes uerbum Dei,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 13.

  • Ríc tósliten biþ

    regnum desolabitur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 25.

  • Wæs semninga heofones smyltnes tósliten

    subito interrupta est serenitas,

    • Bd. 5, 1;
    • S. 613, 24.

  • Ðurh ðæt wierð tóslieten (-sliten, Cott. MSS.) sió stilnes hiera hiéremonna módes and biþ gedréfed sió smyltnes hiera lífes

    subditorum vitam dissipata quietis tranquillitate confundunt,

    • Past. 40;
    • Swt. 289, 7.
to distract the mind
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  • Hú oft sió bisgung ðæs ríces tóslít ðæt mód ðæs recceres

    quod plerumque occupatio regiminis soliditatem dissipet mentis,

    • Past. 4;
    • Swt. 37, 11.
intrans. To be different
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  • Tóslittaþ

    discordat,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 8.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ze-slízan scindere, secidere, discerpere, lacessere, perdere, dissipare.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-slítan.” 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/30851.

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