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teónian

  • verb [ weak ]
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teónian, p. ode.
to vex, irritate. v. teón-full,
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  • Hý teónedon ł hig gremedon

    irritaverunt (Moysen ),

      Ps. Lamb. 105, 16.
to reproach, revile, abuse, calumniate
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  • Se ðe teónaþ þearfan tǽlþ Scyppende his

    qui calumniatur pauperem, exprobat factori ejus,

      Scint. 156, 14: 178, 18.
  • Ðá hine (David) teóne wyrde (teónode and wyrgde? see note) Chus, Ps. Th. 7, arg. Ne teónian mé ða módigan

    non calumnientur me superbi,

      Ps. Lamb. 118, 122.
  • Teóniendum mé

    calumniantibus me,

    121.
Etymology
[Hwon his briddes teoneð him when its young ones vex it (the pelican), A. R. 118, 10. Me teoneð mare ꝥ . . . quod altius me urit, Kath. 550. I tene (trouble) hem no more, Allit. Pms. 60, 759. Þ naked to tene, Gaw. 2002. Alle wordes him tyeneþ and greueþ, bote yef hi ne by to god, Ayenb. 142, 28. Tyrauntz þat teneþ trewe men, Piers P. 15, 412. Tenyn̄ or urethyn̄ irrito, Prompt. Parv. 489. O. Frs. tiona, tiuna to injure: O. Sax. gi-tiunean to harm.]
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v. tínan.
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v.  tínan.
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