Tó-cínan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tó-cínan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tó-cínan
p. -cán, pl. -cinon ; pp. -cinen To break (intrans. ) into chinks, split, crack :-- Tócínit, tecinid dehiscat, Txts. 57, 653. Tócíneþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 27: liehiscit, 27, 15. Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tóslenh hwón if it will not crack of itself, crack it slightlywith a tap. Lchdm. iii. 18, 2. Tócinan (-en ?) rimosa, Hpt. Gl. 529, 10. Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. [Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17. Þæ heorte tochan (-chou, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 21235. Þe roche tochon, Misc. 92, 77.] to-cinan
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