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tó-teran

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren
To tear to pieces
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  • Ic tótere

    lanio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 2.
  • Tóteran

    discerpere,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 75.
  • Beón tótoren

    lacerari,

      527, 55.
lit.
to tear to pieces a material
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  • Ðú tótǽre

    (conscidisti)

    mín hwíte hrægl,
      Ps. Th. 29, 11.
  • Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 15.
  • Hé ðone pistol tótær,

      Homl. Th. ii. 122, 30.
  • Hé tótær his tunecan,

      450, 21.
  • Hí tótǽron heora reáf,

      454, 11.
  • Fýrene næddran ðæt folc tótǽron,

      Num. 21, 6.
  • Swilce he tótǽre sum eáðelíc ticcen

    quasi hoedum in frusta discerpens,

      Jud. 14, 6.
metaph. of violent feeling or action,
to tear to pieces, to harass, distract, destroy
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  • Gýtsung ealle middaneardes rícu tótyrþ

    auaritia universa mundi regna discerpserit,

      Scint. 99, 8.
  • Welan ða sáwla tóteraþ mid pricungum mislícra geðohta,

      Homl. Th. ii. 88, 22.
  • His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron

    (dilaniaverunt),

      Ors. 3, 11 ; Swt. 142, 24.
  • Be góde óþres ná sáriga ðú, for nánes gesun[d]fulnysse ðú sí tótoren

    de bono alterius non doleas, nullius prosperitate lacereris

      Scint. 77, 9.
  • Hit ongeat his láre swíþe tótorene . . . se wísdóm sǽde ðæt his gyngran hæfdon híne swá tótorenne,

      Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 31-6, 2.
    [Wolde he teteren roted fleshs . . . auh tetereð and tolimeð cwike fleschs, A. R. 84, 5-8.
  • Anne curtel þe wes swiðe totoren,

      Laym. 4994.
  • Our lordes body they totere. Chauc. C. T. Group C. 474.
  • Cf. Goth. dis-tairan.]
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