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teon
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Noun
teon
- accusative singular of teo
Finnish
Noun
teon
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Old English
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Etymology 1
Contracted from earlier tēohan; from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Cognate with Old Frisian tīan, Old Saxon tiohan (Middle Dutch tīen), Old High German ziohan (German ziehen), Old Norse toginn, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (tiuhan); and, from Indo-European, with Latin dūcō, Middle Welsh duyn. Compare tēam, tēag.
Verb
tēon
- to drag, draw, pull
- to bring, lead, put
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.
- Bring forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- to teach, educate, bring up
- to draw near, go, proceed
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tehwōn. Cognate with Middle High German zechen.
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tēon
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Etymology 3
From Proto-West Germanic *tīhan (“to blame”). Cognate with Old High German zīhan, Old Norse tjá.
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Verb
tēon
- to accuse
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- English: teen
Etymology 4
From a merger of Etymology 3 with the reflex of Proto-West Germanic *teun.
Noun
tēon n
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