Old English Dictionary Entry

Tohte

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

Definitions

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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

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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚻᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. Frs.: Old Frisian

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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