† to-ˈtee, v. Obs.
[OE. to-téon, f. to-2 + teon, tee v.1 to draw, pull. So OHG. ziziohan, MHG. zerziehen.]
trans. To pull to pieces.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. xi. §3, & his æfterfolᵹeras feowertiene ᵹear hit siþþan totuᵹon & totæron. a 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxxiii. 5 Þam þe us mid toðum toteon woldan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 Ac me þe sculde nimen and al to⁓teon mid horse. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 517 Al mine limes it wil to-te. 13.. in Rowland & V. (1836) p. xxiii, Ther men might reuthe y-sen, Mani baroun her here to ten. |