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Tó-teón

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1 tó-teón

p. -téáh, pl. -tugon;. pp. -togen. I. to pull to pieces, tear to pieces (lit. and fig. ) :-- Se wyrm ða tungan tótýhþ. Soul Kmbl. 234; Seel. 121. His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron (dilaniaverunt), Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 23. Ðám ðe ús mid tóðum tóteón woldan, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Biþ seó tunge tótogen (beóþ hira tungan tótogenne. Soul Kmbl. 222) on týn healfe, Exon. Th. 373, 25: Seel. 115. II. 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. Ger. zi-ziohan distranere, detrahere.] to-teon
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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛏᛖᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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