Tígan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tígan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tígan
p. de To tie, (a) literal:--Valerianus hét beheáfdian on Ypolitus gesihðe ealle his híwan, and hine sylfne hét tígan be dám fótum tó ungetemedra horsa swuran, Homl. Th. i. 432, 33. (b) figurative:--Nú ðú miht gehýran, hú ðes dǽl (the conjunction) tígþ ða word tógædere, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 258, 10. [Heo wolden þa ban alle teien (tiȝe, 2nd MS.) togadere, Laym. 20997. Iteied (-tiȝed, 2nd MS.) tosomne, 25972.He teide ane clot to hire, A. R. 140, 7. Is þe latere dole euer iteied (-teiȝet) to ðe vorme, 14, 2. Tached oþer tyȝed, Allit. Pms. 14, 464. Kynges shulde taken transgressores and tyen hem faste, Piers P. 1, 96.]

Related words: ge-, on-, un-tígan. tigan

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