p. ode. I. to tire (intrans.), faint, fail, cease:--Treów-geþofta teoraþ hwílum wáciaþ wordbeót faithful comrade fails at times, feeble prove promises, Exon. Th. 469, 21; Hy. 11, 5. Tiorade desisse, Txts. 57, 668. Teorode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 37: Exon. Th. 436, 29; Rä. 55, 8. Eágan mé teoredon defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 118, 82. Gif mon on langum wege teorige if a man tire on a long journey, Lchdm. ii. 16, 26. Lǽcedóm wiþ miclum gange ofer land ðý læs hé teorige, 16, 26. Be ðone ðe lád teorie (fail). Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie Ængliscan, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 13-14. Gif ðeós lád teorie, 6; Th. i. 354, 31. II. to tire (trans.), to cause to fail or faint:--Gif míne grame þenceaþ gást teorian if foes think to make my spirit faint, Ps. Th. 141, 3. [Him trukeþ his iwit, him teoreþ (fails) his miht, Fragm. Phlps. 5, 38. O. Sax. far-terian to destroy.]