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tyge

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • verb
  • participle
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Grammar
tyge, tige (v. double forms togen, tigen, pp. of teon), es; m.
a pull, tug
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  • Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 43-48.

  • Árena tíum

    remorum tractibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 406, 70.
a dragging
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  • Valerianus hine hét teón geond ðornas, and hé mid ðam tige his gást ágeaf,

      Homl. Th. i. 432, 35.
leading, conducting
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  • Ðone weterscype ðe hé intó Níwan mynstre geteáh, and him se tige sume mylne ádilgade (

    the diverting of the water had ruined his mill

    ),
      Chart. Th. 232, 7.

  • Tiga

    aquae ductuum,

      Hpt. Gl. 418, 49.
a draught of drink
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  • Hálwende tige drincan, Anglia viii. 321, 32.
a drawing of an inference, etc.,
a deduction
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  • Wé wyllaþ embe ðone geleáfan swíðor sprecan, forðan ðe ðises godspelles traht hæfþ gódne tige

    much good may be drawn from an examination of this gospel,

      Homl. Th. i. 248, 21.

  • Ðis godspel hæfþ langne tige on his trahtnunge

    the exposition of this gospel might be drawn out to a great length,

    ii.
      72, 22.

  • Petrus áwrát twégen pistolas, hig hebbaþ langne tige tó geleáfan trimminge

    much matter for the confirmation of belief may be drawn from them,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 8.
Etymology
[Ete nu enes o dai and drinke o tige atte mete, O.E. Homl. ii. 67, 11. O.H. Ger. zug, zugi (in cpds.) ductus, motus.]
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v. of-, on-, wæter-tyge.
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v.  tige.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tyge.” 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/31374.

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  • tyge, n.; v.; part.

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