v. Obs. [OE. to-téon, f. TO-2 + teon, TEE v.1 to draw, pull. So OHG. ziziohan, MHG. zerziehen.] trans. To pull to pieces.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., III. xi. § 3. & his æfterfolʓeras feowertiene ʓear hit siþþan totuʓon & totæron.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), cxxiii. 5. Þam þe us mid toðum toteon woldan.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 9. Ac me þe sculde nimen and al toteon mid horse.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (A.), 517. Al mine limes it wil to-te.
13[?]. in Rowland & V. (1836), p. xxiii. Ther men might reuthe y-sen, Mani baroun her here to ten.
