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teorian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
teorian, p. ode.
to tire (intrans.),
faint, fail, cease
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  • Treów-geþofta teoraþ hwílum wáciaþ wordbeót

    faithful comrade fails at times, feeble prove promises,

      Exon. Th. 469, 21; Hy. 11, 5.
  • Tiorade

    desisse,

      Txts. 57, 668.
  • Teorode,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 37: Exon. Th. 436, 29; Rä. 55, 8.
  • Eágan mé teoredon

    defecerunt oculi mei,

      Ps. Th. 118, 82.
  • Gif mon on langum wege teorige

    if a man tire on a long journey,

      Lchdm. ii. 16, 26.
  • Lǽcedóm wiþ miclum gange ofer land ðý læs hé teorige,

      16, 26.
  • Be ðone ðe lád teorie (

    fail

    ). Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie
      Ængliscan, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 13-14.
  • Gif ðeós lád teorie,

      6; Th. i. 354, 31.
to tire (trans.), to cause to fail or
faint
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  • Gif míne grame þenceaþ gást teorian

    if foes think to make my spirit faint,

      Ps. Th. 141, 3.
Etymology
[Him trukeþ his iwit, him teoreþ (fails) his miht, Fragm. Phlps. 5, 38. O. Sax. far-terian to destroy.]
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v. á-, ge-teorian; teran.
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