tobregdan

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, tō- +‎ breġdan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈbrej.dɑn/

Verb

tōbreġdan

1. to pull to pieces, pull apart
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ ēac þætte þrīe wulfas on ānre niht brōhton ānes dēades monnes līchoman binnan þā burg, ⁊ hiene þær siþþan styċċemælum tōbrugdon, oþ þā men onwōcan, ⁊ ūt urnon, ⁊ hīe siþþan aweġ flugon.

     And on one night, three wolves brought the body of a dead man into the city, and then tore it to pieces bit by bit, until the people awoke and ran out, and they ran away.

2. (intransitive) to separate
3. to distract

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōbreġdan (strong class 3)

infinitive	tōbreġdan	tōbreġdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōbreġde	tōbræġd, tōbrǣd
second person singular	tōbreġdest	tōbrugde
third person singular	tōbreġdeþ	tōbræġd, tōbrǣd
plural	tōbreġdaþ	tōbrugdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōbreġde	tōbrugde
plural	tōbreġden	tōbrugden
imperative
singular	tōbreġd
plural	tōbreġdaþ
participle	present	past
	tōbreġdende	tōbrogden

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tó-bregdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.