Middle English Dictionary Entry
iteon v.
Entry Info
| Forms | iteon v. Also (early) ȝeteon; p. -itæh [in cpd.; see upiten v.]; ppl. itowe(n, itowune, itōȝe(n(e, itōhȝen, itōhe(n(e. |
| Etymology | OE getēon; p. getēah; pl. getugon; ppl. getogen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ten v.(1).
1.
(a) To pull (sth.), drag (sb.), draw (a sword); (b) ppl. itowen as adj., constipated.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/25 : Þa wearð þe earm to þam swiðe aþened wið heore weard swa þet he nateshwon hine him to ȝeteon ne mihte.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)7/66 : Al þe cure [wes] ouertild þet he wes itohen on wið purpres & pelles.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)166/21 : Hwa durste slepen hwil his deadliche fa heolde an itohe [Nero: itowen] sweord up on his heaued?
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)257/9 : Swa hwæt swa he eta menge wiþ þane wætan & þone ylcan drincan wið þæs innoþes heardnysse, þæt seo toȝene wambe sy alysed.
2.
(a) To educate (sb.), instruct; (b) ppl. best itowen, best educated; foule itowen, badly disciplined, badly brought up; also, wicked [quot. c1230(?a1200), last]; wel itowen, well-educated, well-disciplined, well-disposed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2418 : Þe king..to Corinee hine sende..þat he hine sculde wel i-teon [Otho: witie].
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1725 : Þe wranne..was itoȝen [vr. itowen] among mann enne [read: mankenne], An hire wisdom brohte þenne.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2719 : Anoþer wes alre best itowen [Otho: itowe].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10099 : Luces wes wel itoȝen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24646 : Wes þisses londes folk leodene hendest itald & al swa þa wimmen..alre bezst itoȝene.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/355 : Hit [sexual intercourse] is..muchele ladluker þen ei wel itohe muð for scheome mahe seggen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)96/24 : Nis þet child fulitohen [Nero: fulitowen; Cleo: folitoȝe] þet scratleð aȝein & bit up o þe ȝerde.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)106/16,18 : Þe Scorpiun of leccherie..haueð swucche cundles þet in a wel itohe [Nero: itowune] muð hare summes nome ne sit nawt forte nempnin, for þe nome ane mahte hurten alle wel itohene earen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)125/8-9 : Ne beon ha [temptations] neauer se ancrefule ne se fulitohene.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)12913 : Þo was alre laste ibore a child þat was wel itowe [Clg: icoren].
3.
(a) To go (to or from a place); (b) ~ to, to come to (a result).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20708 : Childrich wes ifloȝen, into Calidonie itoȝen [Otho: itowe].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21464 : Nu is Childric iuloȝen & awæiward itohȝen [Otho: itowe].
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)11751 : Alle hii were awei iflowe and of þan londe itowe [Clg: iboȝen].
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)32114 : Strongliche he wes auæred..to wulche þinge hit iteon wolde þat him wes itacned þere.