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Old English · verb

teon

Normalised tēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/te͜oːn/
Syllables
te͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
teenaccuseteefurnishdrageducatedamageframe

teon1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. damage, hurt, vexation

  2. insult, abuse, reproach

teon2 · verb

Senses

  1. to drag, draw, pull

  2. to bring, lead, put

    Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.

    Bring forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  3. to teach, educate, bring up

  4. to draw near, go, proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of teon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tēotēah
2nd singular tīehsttuge
3rd singular tīehþtēah
Plural tēoþtugon
Subjunctive
Singular tēotuge
Plural tēontugen
Non-finite forms of teon
Form
Infinitive tēon
Inflected infinitive tēonne
Imperative singular tēoh
Imperative plural tēoþ
Present participle tēonde
Past participle togenġetogen

teon3 · verb

Senses

  1. to make, frame

  2. to adorn, furnish

Conjugation

Conjugation of teon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tēotēode
2nd singular tēosttēodest
3rd singular tēoþtēode
Plural tēoþtēodon
Subjunctive
Singular tēotēode
Plural tēontēoden
Non-finite forms of teon
Form
Infinitive tēon
Inflected infinitive tēonne
Imperative singular tēo
Imperative plural tēoþ
Present participle tēonde
Past participle tēodġetēod

teon4 · verb

Senses

  1. to accuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of teon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tēotāh
2nd singular tīehsttige
3rd singular tīehþtāh
Plural tēoþtigon
Subjunctive
Singular tēotige
Plural tēontigen
Non-finite forms of teon
Form
Infinitive tēon
Inflected infinitive tēonne
Imperative singular tēoh
Imperative plural tēoþ
Present participle tēonde
Past participle tiġenġetiġen

All forms (27)

Etymology

From a merger of Etymology 3 with the reflex of Proto-West Germanic *teun.

Contracted from earlier tēohan; from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Cognate with Old Frisian tīan, Old Saxon tiohan (Middle Dutch tīen), Old High German ziohan (German ziehen), Old Norse toginn, Gothic (tiuhan); and, from Indo-European, with Latin dūcō, Middle Welsh duyn. Compare tēam, tēag.

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tehwōn. Cognate with Middle High German zëchen.

From Proto-West Germanic *tīhan (“to blame”). Cognate with Old High German zīhan, Old Norse tjá.

Descendants

tee, teen

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