v. Obs. Forms: 1 ðeotan, ðiotan, ðutan, 3 þeoten, (Orm.) þutenn. [OE. þéotan, (pa. t. þéat, þuton) = ON. þjóta to whistle, etc., OHG. diozan to howl:—OTeut. *þeutan (þaut-, þut-). OE. had also another pres. stem þútan, whence þútende pr. pple. and þutenn in Ormin; so Da. tūde:—þúta to howl. Cf. buʓan, BOW v.1] intr. To howl.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxviii. § 1. Sume wurdon to wulfan; þa ðuton, þon hi sprecan sceoldon.

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a. 1000.  Boeth. Metr., xxvi. 80. Ac hio þræʓmælum ðioton ongunnon.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., I. 374. Ðeotende swa swa wulf.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 195/17. Bombosa, hlowende, þutende.

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a. 1225.  St. Marher., 22. Þa bigunnen to þeoten ant to ȝellen.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 120. Ne deð heo bute þeoteð.

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  b.  trans. To howl at.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 2034. Mann wollde tælenn þatt & hutenn hire & þutenn. Ibid., 4875. Icc hutedd amm & þutedd.

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