tó-ceówan
To chew to pieces, ⬩ break up by chewing ⬩ masticate
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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33. Deoflen torendeð ham ant tocheoweð ham euch greot, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 12. Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16
tó-hleótan
To divide into lots, ⬩ to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast
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To divide into lots, to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast Hý gedǽldan him mínhrægl and ðæt tóhlutan diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem, Ps. Th. 21, 16.
Linked entry: hleótan
tó-teran
To tear to pieces ⬩ to tear to pieces a material ⬩ to tear to pieces ⬩ to harass ⬩ distract ⬩ destroy
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To tear to pieces 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 Ðú tótǽre (conscidisti) mín hwíte hrægl, Ps. Th. 29, 11.
tó-lúcan
To tear to pieces, ⬩ wrench asunder, ⬩ dislocate ⬩ to root out, ⬩ destroy
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To tear to pieces, wrench asunder, dislocate. literal Ðæs ne wéndon witan Scyldinga, ðæt hit (the hall) manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte, listum tólúcan, Beo. Th. 1566; B. 781.
Linked entry: lúcan
tó-wrecan
To drive in different directions ⬩ scatter ⬩ disperse
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Th. 235, 4; Dan. 301: Exon. Th. 186, 17; Az. 21: 16, 24; Cri. 258: Elen. Kmbl. 261; El. 131
tó-hreósan
To fall to pieces ⬩ to go to ruin ⬩ to 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.
tó-þringan
To press asunder ⬩ scatter by pressure
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To press asunder, scatter by pressure Hwílum ic wíde tóþringe lagustreáma full hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive wide apart the cups of the floods (i.e. the clouds), sometimes let them again glide together, Exon.
tó-cweþan
To forbid, ⬩ prohibit
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To forbid, prohibit Wé nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24,7
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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., 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. 12, 32.
tó-slúpan
To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,
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Ábogene, tóslopene dimissa, i. humilia, 140, 31. of that which is bound, to have the connection between several objects or that between the parts of the same object relaxed Gif hé hí ne bunde mid his unábindendlícum racentum, ðonne tóslupan hí ealle
Linked entry: tó-swífan
tó-tredan
To tread to pieces ⬩ trample upon
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To tread to pieces, trample upon Tetridtid defecit, Txts. 56, 344. Tetridit disicit (deficit?), 57, 654. Tetreþ desicit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 21. Sum of þe sede werð totreden, O. E. Homl. i. 133, 22. Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771.
Linked entry: te-treþ
tó-þindan
To swell ⬩ grow big ⬩ to swell with pride ⬩ be puffed up ⬩ be arrogant
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Th. 319, 13. Ofer-módignysse tóþondenre tóbláwen, Anglia xiii. 441, 1084. Hé hine mid tóðundenum móde forseah, Homl. Th. i. 330, 20: 450, 33. Tóþundenne and ástrehtne hneccan tumentem et erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 17
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tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.
tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen... heorras tóhlidene the hinges skewed gaping cracks, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999. Gimmas tóhlidene, Wulfst. 263, 8 note
tó-springan
To spring asunder ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to crack ⬩ burst open
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To spring asunder, fly to pieces, to crack, burst open Tó ðám handum ðæt flǽsc tóspringaþ for chapped hands, Lchdm. in. 114, 4. Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10.
tó-ceorfan
to cut to pieces, ⬩ cut in two, ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut off
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to cut to pieces, cut in two, cut up Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10. Ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, Lchdm. i. 260, 15.
tó-teón
to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away
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Th. 123, 5. Biþ seó tunge tótogen (beóþ hira tungan tótogenne. Soul Kmbl. 222) on týn healfe, Exon. Th. 373, 25; Seel. 115. to pull away Tótoghene detracta, Hpt. Gl. 515, 14. Me þe sculde nimen and al tóteón mid horse, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H.
tó-wegan
To disperse ⬩ dispel
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To disperse, dispel Heofones gim scíneþ, beóþ wolcen tówegen neu concreta nubes summo-veat radios solis, Exon. Th. 210, 11; Ph. 184
tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
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To drive in different directions, drive away. to drive asunder, separate Wit ætsomne on sǽ wǽron fíf nibta fyrst, óþþæt unc flód tódráf. Beo. Th. 1095; B. 545. to scatter, disperse Se wulf tódrífþ (tódrífeð, Lind.
Linked entry: tó-drǽfan
tó-irnan
To run in different directions, ⬩ run about
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To run in different directions, run about Þýstru ðú gesettest on þearle niht on ðære ealle wildeór wíde tóeornaþ posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox; in ipsa pertransibunt omnes bestiae sylvarum, Ps. Th. 103, 19