tocwiesan

Meaning

1. to crush

   Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.

   A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

   Homilies of Ælfric

2. to shatter, break into pieces

3. to bruise

   Eft æt sumum sæle ætslād sē hālga wer on ðām hēalīcum gradum æt þām hālgum wēofode, swā þæt hē fornēan eal wearð tōcwȳsed; ac on þǣre nihte hine ġelācnode God, ðurh his hālgan enġel, tō ansundre hǣle.

   Also, at a certain hall, the holy man slipped on the high steps at the holy altar, so that almost his whole body became bruised; but in the night, God restored him to full health through his holy angel.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation