Middle English Dictionary Entry
tẹ̄then v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tẹ̄then v. P.ppl. (?error) jteyed. |
| Etymology | From tẹ̄th , pl. of tọ̄th n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tothen v.
1.
(a) To cut teeth, grow teeth; (b) ?ppl. itethed, furnished with teeth.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)vi.lf.17b : Þei teth twyse in þe yere whan þei be wolfes [Vsp: whelpes].
b
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6537 : Tayl he haþ als an hogge hand j teyed [?read: and iteþed; LinI: Doked tuxe] als a dogge.