Middle English Dictionary Entry
tẹ̄n v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tẹ̄n v.(2) Also tegen, teo; sg.2 tixste; sg.3 tiȝth. |
| Etymology | OE tēon, tīon, from *tīhan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To accuse (sb. of sth.); (b) to tell (sth.), declare, make known.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)5/23 : Spec þe gemætlice & eac swa gebær, þelæst man þe leasunge teo.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)316/287 : Of treasoune þou tyxste hym, þat triste þe for trewe.
b
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)48 : Ne mei..no muð imelen ne no tunge tegen hu muchel god ðu ȝeirkest.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.59 : Holi churche he aboute dure, that me tiȝth on wide.