Tohte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tohte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: getoht, tyht,

Definitions

1 tohte

f. A military expedition, war, battle :--Nǽron ða twégen tohtan sǽne, lindgeláces, land Perséa sóhton síðfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 150 ; Ap. 75. Gē dóm ágon, tir æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19 ; Jud. 197. Ðæt wíf ðīn heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan tohtan the woman shall tread thy head with her feet, tkou shalt lie in wait to attack her heels, Cd. Th. 56, 18 ; Gen. 914. Æt sæcce oferswíðan feónda gehwylcne, ðonne fvrdhwate on twá healfe tohtan sécaþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2358; El. 1180. [Cf. O. Frs. tocht-man a leader: Ger. zug a march: Dan. tog expedition, march; togt a cruise, expedition.] II, toga, teón, IV; and cf. fird. tohte

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚻᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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