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tó-cwísan

  • verb [ weak ]
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tó-cwísan, p. de
To shatter, break to pieces, crush, bruise
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  • Ic tócwýse

    quasso,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24;
    • Zup. 137, 10.

  • Ic tócwýse

    quatio,

    tócwýsde

    quassi,

    tócwýsed

    quassum,

    • 28, 4;
    • Zup. 169, 6.

  • Ofer ðæne ðe hé fylþ hé tócwýst

    (comminuet),

    • Lk. Skt. 20, 18.

  • Tócwiésð,

    • Ps. Lamb. 28, 6.

  • Hé tócwýseþ heáfdu

    conquassabit capita,

    • 109, 6.

  • Gimstánas tócwýsan.

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 24.

  • Ðá wolde hé án eald hús tócwýsan

    he wanted to demolish an old house,

    • ii. 510, 12.

  • Ætslád se hálga wer . . . swá ðæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed,

    • 512, 12.

  • Sum cild beam under ánum yrnendum hweóle and wearð tó deáðe tócwýsed,

    • 26, 25
      • :
    • 166, 20.

  • Tócwýsed hreód

    arundinem quassatam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20.

  • Ðás gymstánas synd tócwýsede for ýdelum gylpe,

      Homl. Th. i. 62, 6.
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  • Feól se wáh uppan ðæs stuntan rǽdboran, þæt hé æll tócwýsde and sum óþer cniht samod,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 8, 173.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-cwísan.” 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/30634.

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