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Tó-heáwan

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1 tó-heáwan

p. -heów ; pp. -heáwen To hew to pieces, cut to pieces :-- Se cásere cwæd þaet Basilla sceolde gebúgan tó ðam cnihte, oþþe hí man tóheówe mid swurde on twá, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 360. Man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan, Chr. 1004 ; Erl. 139, 26. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lífleáste, dæt wé beón tóheáwene mid heardum swurdum, Homl. Ass. 99, 255. [Turnus feol mid mechen toheawen, Laym. 178. The helmes thei tohewen and toschrede, Chauc. Kn. T. 1751. To zenne ne ssel he wende ayeu, Þaȝ me ssolde hine al toheawe, Ayenb. 178, 7. O. Frs. tó-hawa: M. H. Ger. zer-houwen: Ger. zer-hauen.] to-heawan
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ᛏᚩ-ᚻᛖᚪᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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