Tó-cwecþan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tó-cwecþan
p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden To forbid, prohibit:- Wé nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24, 7. Tócwedene interdicta, prohibita, Hpt. Gl. 421, 77. Wé forbeódaþ ordál and áðas (ordál and áðas ǽfre syndan tócwedene, MS. B. ) freólsdagum, Wulfst. 117, 14. Ordál and ádas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum, L. Eth. vi. 25 ; Th. i. 320, 24 :

Related words: 18 ; Th. i. 308, 24 : L. E. G. 9; Th. i. 172, 10. Cf. L. C. E. 17 ; Th. i. 370, 2. to-cwecþan

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