† theoten, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ðeotan, ðiotan, ðutan, 3 þeoten, (Orm.) þutenn.
[OE. þéotan, (pa. tense þéat, þuton) = ON. þjóta to whistle, etc., OHG. diozan to howl:—OTeut. *þeutan (þaut-, þut-). OE. had also another pres. stem þ{uacu}tan, whence þ{uacu}tende pr. pple. and þutenn in Ormin; so Da. tūde:—*þ{uacu}ta to howl. Cf. b{uacu}ᵹan, bow v.1]
intr. To howl.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §1 Sume wurdon to wulfan; þa ðuton, þon hi sprecan sceoldon. a 1000 Boeth. Metr. xxvi. 80 Ac hio þræᵹmælum ðioton ongunnon. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 374 Ðeotende swa swa wulf. c 1000 Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 195/17 Bombosa, hlowende, þutende. a 1225 St. Marher. 22 Þa bigunnen to þeoten ant to ȝellen. a 1225 Ancr. R. 120 Ne deð heo bute þeoteð. |
b. trans. To howl at.
| c 1200 Ormin 2034 Mann wollde tælenn þatt & hutenn hire & þutenn. Ibid. 4875 Icc hutedd amm & þutedd. |