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tó-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces,cut to pieces

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To hew to pieces, cut to pieces Se cásere cwæð þaet Basilla sceolde gebúgan tó ðam cnihte, oþþe hí man tóheówe mid swurde on twá, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 360. Man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 26. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lífleáste, ðæt

tó-hopian

(v.)

Similar entry: hopian

tó-hopung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopung, e; f.

Hopeexpectation

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Hope, expectation Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge ðæs écean Drihtnes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 155

Linked entry: -hopung

tó-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hreósan, p. -hreás; pl. -hruron ; pp. -hroren

To fall to piecesto go to ruinto decay,rot away

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To fall to pieces. of buildings, to go to ruin Monige óþre ceastre tóhrorene wǽron multis eivitatibus conlapsis, Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 8. Mynstru tórorene coenobia dirula, Anglia xiii. 366, 12. of flesh, to decay, rot away Beóþ ða líchaman tohrorene (cf

tó-hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hnescian, ; p. ode

To soften away

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To soften away Ðonne findest ðú ðæt hearde tóhnesced, Lchdm. ii. 250, 21

Linked entry: hnescan

toh-líne

(n.)
Grammar
toh-líne, an; f.

A tow-line

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A tow-line Tohlíne remulcum. Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 64: remulcus, 57, 5

tó-hlocen

Similar entry: tó-hlecan

tó-higung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-higung, e; f.

affectuseffectus

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The word glosses affectus, Ru. 18, 32: 31, 40: 7, 27 : effectus, 35, 37: 63, 20

Linked entry: hígung

tó-lésan

Similar entry: tó-lísan

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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intrans. of roads, rivers, etc., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui. Ors. 1, 1; Swt.

tó-irnende

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-irnende, adj.(ptcpl.)

Running together

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Running together Ðá se Hǽlend geseah ða tóyrneudan menegu cum videret Jesus concurrentem turbam. Mk. Skt. 9, 25

tó-lǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtenness, e; f.

Abandonment,a giving up

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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3

tó-lísness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lísness, e; f.

dissolution,destructiondissolution,death

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dissolution, destruction Sibbe tólésness, Blickl. Homl. 115, 16. dissolution, death Seó tíd mínre tólýsnesse and mínre forþfóre is swýþe neáh, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 21: 4, 9; S. 577, 16

tó-leoðian

(v.)

Similar entry: tó-liðian

tó-lísend

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lísend, es; m.

A destroyer,desolater

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A destroyer, desolater Wéstend, tólýsend desolator, vastator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 34

tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode

To surname

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To surname Simon ðone getónomade (getornomade, MS.) stán Simonem quem cognominauit Petrum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 14

Linked entry: tó-nama

tó-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-nemnan, p. -nemde

To name separately,distinguish by name into parts

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To name separately, distinguish by name into parts Hié ða þrió dǽlas on þreó tónemdon, Asiam, Europem, and Affricam they distinguished the three parts by the three names, Asia, Europe, and Africa, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 4. Norþ óþ ðone gársecg is eall Sciþþia

Linked entry: nemnan

tó-niman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take to piecesdivideto take away,

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to take to pieces, divide Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17. to take away, cf. æt-beran Tollite portas, principes ... Ðæt byþ on Englisc: Gé ealdras, tónymaþ ða gatu, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 8

tó-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rinnan, p. -rann

To run in different directionsdisperse

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To run in different directions, disperse (intrans.) Suelce hit eall lytlum ríðum tórinne, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 13

Linked entries: rinnan tó-irnan

tó-scecgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scecgan, (?); p. -scægde

To stand out distinctlybe separated from surrounding objects

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To stand out distinctly, be separated from surrounding objects His líf tóscægde fram ússa tída áswundennysse vita illius a nostri temporis segnitia distabat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 35

Linked entries: scecgan tó-scægde