Obs. Forms: see below. [OE. téon (contr. from téohan), pa. t. téah, tuʓon, pa. pple. toʓen, a Com. Teutonic str. vb., cogn. with OSax. tiohan, tôh, tugun, gitogan (MLG. tien, ten, MDu. tijen, tijghen, LG. teën, EFris. tîen, têjen, têen), OFris. tia (WFris. tjean, Saterl. tejen, NFris. tjin), OHG. ziohan, zôh, zugun, gizogan (Ger. ziehen, zog, gezogen), ON. pa. pple. toginn, Goth. tiuhan, táuh, tauhum, tauhans, to draw, lead; = L dūc-ĕre to lead, draw. A primitive Aryan vb., still important in German, but lost in Eng. by 1500. Derivatives of the same root survive in taut, team, tie, tight, tough, tow, tug.]
A. Illustration of Forms.
1. Present stem. a. Inf. 1 téon, 2–4 teon, 3–4 tuen, 3–5 teen, ten, teo, tee, te; 5 tegh.
971. Blickl. Hom., 241. ʓif eow swa liciʓe … hine teon þurh þisse ceastre lanan.
c. 1205. Lay., 791. Ich wille teo [c. 1275 go] to-foren.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 1344. To bersabe he gunne teen. Ibid., 1953. To-warde egipte he gunne ten.
c. 1290. St. Eustace, 165, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1881), 214. To londe he moste te.
c. 1300. Harrow. Hell, 234. Alle … þat mine buen shule to blisse wiþ me tuen.
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 821. Þorw on of þeos bayles he mot teon. Ibid., 877. Þorw þe faste ȝat he con in teo.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 2541. Let hym tegh to þe tempull.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 1564, in Macro Plays, 123. Þedyr raþely wyl I tee.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Grail, xiii. 56. Owt of the castel of Come þat he wolde te.
b. Pres. Indic., Imper. 1 teoh, teo, tio, 3–4 tee, te; 2 (Subj.) tye; pl. 1 teon, 3–4 teen, ten. Imper. 1 teoh, 3 tih.
c. 897. [see B. 1 b].
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gram., xxviii. (Z.), 176. Traho, ic teo,… pertraho, ic teo swyðe.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John vi. 44. Buton se fæder … hyne teo [c. 1160 Hatton G. hyne tye]. Ibid., Luke v. 4. Teoh hit on dypan.
1027–34. Secular Laws Cnut, c. 70. Ne teo se hlaford na mare on his æhta.
c. 1205. Lay., 17416. Vther, tih þe aȝan.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 353. Ðe hertes … If he fer fecchen fode, and he ouer water ten.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 9. Thay teen vnto his temmple. Ibid., 1262. Er he to þe tempple tee.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (A.), 2018. Er þe sonne doun te.
c. Pres. Indic., 2nd pers. sing. 1 tiehst, tyhst, 3rd. pers. sing. 1 tiehþ, tyhþ, tihþ, 2 tið, 3 tiȝth, tinth, teð, teoð, 4 teȝt.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xxxv. 241. He tiehð his heafod in to him.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 256. Læcedom se þæt yfel ut tihð of þam milte. Ibid., 262. Þonne þu … tyhst blod.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 27. Hit hine tið to þan bittre deðe.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 37. Iefned to þe deore [h]wuas geres he forðteoð.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 64. Up he teð, Til ðat he ðe heuene seð.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1435. An sum sot man hit tyhþ [v.r. tihþ] þar to.
c. 1315. Shoreham, iii. 236. As he teȝt atte font-stone.
2. Pa. t. 1 téah, 2 teah, 2–3 teh, teih, tæh, tah, 3–4 teȝ, teiȝ, tey, teye, teiȝe, 4 tyh, 5 teȝe, tegh. Pl. 1 tuȝon, 3 tuȝen, tuhen, tuwen, 5 tyen.
a. 900. Cynewulf, Judith, 99. [Heo] ʓenam ða þone hæðenan mannan faste be feaxe sinum, teah hyne.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 129. Þurh hwam ure drihtan teh to him al moncun.
c. 1205. Lay., 640. He tah hine aȝein. Ibid., 805. He him seolf teih [c. 1275 eode] bi-foren. Ibid., 1641. Tæh [see B. 1 b]. Ibid., 21616. Touwarde þæ hulle [he] tæh.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 1135. Wið hise two dowtres ut he teȝ.
a. 1300. Vox & Wolf, 279, in Rel. Ant., II. 278. The frere mid al his maine tey So longe, that [etc.].
a. 1375. Joseph Arim., 57. Ioseph teiȝ to non hous bote euene to þe temple.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 318. Unto his contre hom he tyh.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 12907. He light into hauyn…. Tegh vnto Tuskan, & turnyt to londe.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke v. 11. And hiʓ tuʓon heora scypu to lande.
c. 1205. Lay., 1834. Heo tuȝen [c. 1275 drowen] alle to gadere. Ibid., 2619. Him tuwen hired men to.
a. 1225. St. Marher., 22. Ant tuhen alle to hire bodi.
c. 1400. Sege Jerus., 843. His burnes Tyen to her tentis myd tene þat þey hadde.
3. Pa. pple. 1 ʓe)toʓen, 3 i-toȝen, i-tohen, i-towen, -un, toȝen, 4–5 towen.
971. Blickl. Hom., 241. Se eadiʓa Andreas wæs toʓen.
c. 1205. Lay., 10099. Luces wes wel itoȝen.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 108. Heo is a grucchild, & ful itowen [v.r. itohen]. Ibid., 204. Þe nome one muhte hurten alle wel itowune earen.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3647. Ðis folc is after softe toȝen.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1093. For ȝe haf trauayled, towen fro ferre.
B. Signification.
1. trans. To draw, pull, drag, tug.
a. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., V. xiii. [xii.] (1890), 428. Tuʓon heo ða werʓan gastas.
c. 1122. O. E. Chron., an. 1052. Godwine eorl … teah þa up his seʓl.
a. 1225. Juliana, 8. Ant tuhen him ȝont te tun, from strete to strete.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 324. Hwo is þet durste slepen þeo hwule þet his deadlich fo heolde on itowen sweord ouer his heaued?
c. 1275. Lay., 4996. Þane hem ȝeo vp teh [c. 1205 i-tæh] to hire cneon wel neh.
13[?]. K. Alis., 7070. To shipp he may hem beren & teen.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XV. 282. He gert men … Salys to the toppis te.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 10382. To tegh as a traytor, and traile vpon þe erthe.
1446. Lydg., Nightingale Poems, ii. 166. The Iewes my flessh asonder dide tee.
b. To draw to oneself, to take to or upon oneself.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xvi. 99. Ðæt he tio [v.r. teo] on hine selfne oðerra monna scylda.
925–35. Laws Athelstan, II. c. 9. Þæt he hit on folc ryht him to teo.
c. 1205. Lay., 1641. He … tæh hit to his aȝre hond.
c. 1315. Shoreham, iii. 285. For al hys þefte þat man teȝt.
c. 1400. St. Alexius (Trin.), 449. Þat writ he drouȝ & ȝerne teiȝ.
a. 1500. Sir Beues (S.), 2319. His ryng he gan to him tee.
c. To lead, bring (an army, etc.). Only OE.
a. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. xiv. [xviii.] (1890), 208. Penda Mercna cyning teah here and fyrd wið Eastengle.
2. fig. To draw, lead, entice, allure; to bring into some condition. Const. to.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxvi. § 1. Sio ʓecynd eow tihð to ðæm andʓite.
[971. Blickl. Hom., 37. Seo oferfyll þæs lichoman ʓetyhþ þone mon to synnum.]
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 139. And teh folc to him to heren his wise word.
a. 1250. [see A. 1 c]
3. To bring up, train, discipline, educate, teach.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gram. (Z.), 166. Imbuo, ic ty [v.r. ic teo] oððe ic lære; imbui, ic teah.
c. 1205, a. 1225. [see A. 3].
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1725. Heo wes itowen [v.r. itoȝen] among mankunne.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 1913. He wulde ðat he sulde hem ten Ðat he wel-ðewed sulde ben.
4. To bring forth, produce. Only OE. (Cf. TEAM sb., TEEM v.1)
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen. i. 20. Teon nu þa wæteru forð swimmende cynn. Ibid., 21. Eall libbende fisccinn … þe þa wæteru tuʓon forð on heora hiwum.
5. To draw out, protract, prolong.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 149. Wumme … þat min biwist is teȝed here swo longe.
6. a. refl. To betake oneself; to withdraw. (Cf. DRAW v. 67.)
c. 1205. Lay., 640. He tah hine aȝein ane þrowe. Ibid. (c. 1275), 20086. Þis i-seh Arthur … and teh hine [c. 1205 thehte hine] a bacward.
b. intr. To proceed, go: = DRAW v. 68. (Cf. Ger. ziehen. The most usual sense in ME.)
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxv. § 7. He … teah to wuda.
c. 1122. O. E. Chron., an. 1096. Fela … ham tuʓon.
c. 1205. Lay., 18274. Þat folc ut of wude teh.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 4370. So gret folc of romeins … þat sone wolleþ out te [v.r. teo].
c. 1300. Harrow. Hell, 8. Þat alle mosten to helle te.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 501. Forþ þe kniȝtes gonne te, Til þat hii come to þe se.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 87. I schal tee in-to Tarce, & tary þere a whyle.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Grail, lii. 568. Aȝens that knyht ȝe scholen not Te.
c. 1450. Cov. Myst., iii. (1841), 33. As to my fadyr, lete us now tee.
