Old English · verb
ateon
Normalised ātēon
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /ɑːˈte͜oːn/
- Syllables
- ɑː · ˈte͜oːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- framtalentssomebodyofdrawemploypulldeal
Meaning
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to draw, pull, or lead (somebody or something) out or away (from, out of, off, to something) (+ fram, ūt of, of, tō)
Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon
Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
to draw a weapon
Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.
A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
to deal with; to treat a person
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to deal with; to employ property or talents
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to draw to somewhere; to go or come; to make a journey
Conjugation
All forms (13)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀteuhan. By surface analysis, ā- + tēon.
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