ateon

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀteuhan. By surface analysis, ā- +‎ tēon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈte͜oːn/

Verb

ātēon

  1. (transitive, literal or figurative) to draw, pull, or lead (somebody or something) out or away (from, out of, off, to something) (+ fram, ūt of, of, tō)
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon
      Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.
  2. to draw a weapon
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.
      A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.
  3. to deal with
    1. to treat a person
    2. to employ property or talents
  4. (intransitive) to draw to somewhere; to go or come; to make a journey

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