Tihtan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tihtan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tihtan
p. te To charge a person (acc.) with an offence:--Tyhte intentabat, Hpt. Gl. 519, 76. Hé hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hyne tihte he has completely cleared himself of the offence with which the bishop charged him, Chart. Th. 373, 33. Gif man óðerne sace tihte, L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11: 10; Th. i. 30, 17: L. Win. 22; Th. i. 42, 3: 23; Th. i. 42, 6: 24; Th. i. 42, 10, 11. [Cf. O. H. Ger. in-zihtón criminari: Ger. be-zichten, -zichtigen to accuse.]

Related words: preceding word. tihtan

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