Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆tuggen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆tuggen v. Also (early) tetoggen. |
| Etymology | From tuggen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To pull (sb., a bird) apart; also, pull out (hair).
Associated quotations
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)318 : Ðe rauen..& oðre fules hire [fox] fallen bi..ligtlike ge lepeð up &..tetoggeð & tetireð hem mid hire teð sarpe.
- c1330 Body & S.(5) (Auch)p.60 : Whi madest þou me to wroþer hele, To be totogged and totore?
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)613 : Thanne was I to-tuggid and to-torne, Foot and hond, iȝen and eere, To ech a lyme lijf and [?read: hadde] lorne.
- c1450(1446) Nightingale (Clg A.2)10/256 : Crist..was..lad afore..Pounce Pylat..His handes bounde, his nek with boffettes bent, On euery syde to-togged and to-drawe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8042 : Bresaid..With myche weping & waile waterid hir ene..All-to tugget [?read: All to tugget] hir tresses of hir triet here.