Potian

De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:

potian

to push, thrust, strike, butt :-- Hwæt wǽron hí, búton fearra gelícan, ðá ðá hí, mid leáfe ðære ealdan ǽ, heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon? Homl. Th. i. 522, 25. Ða deóflu hý potedon and þoddetton ða earman sáwle and héton hý út faran raðe of ðam líchaman swíðe heardlíce, Wulfst. 235, 15. [From Celtic, Gael, put to push, thrust : Welsh pwtio to push, poke.] potian