tyhtan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === tihtan, tyctan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *tuhtijan (“to tow, pull, discipline”), from Proto-Germanic *tuhtiz (“pulling, discipline”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead, draw”), equivalent to tyht +‎ -an. Cognate with Old High German zuhten (“to raise, bring up”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtyx.tɑn/, [ˈtyç.tɑn] === Verb === tyhtan to draw, stretch, pull (transitive) to invite, incite, instigate, provoke; to talk over, discuss, persuade, solicit, urge; to attract, lead astray, seduce taking accusative object followed by preposition on or tō and its object, towards something preceding a dependent clause, the condition being urged to suggest, bring to mind; to teach, train to accuse ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== reċċan streċċan þennan styrian sċȳan/sċȳhan fȳsan ==== Related terms ==== tēon togian tyht ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tiȝten, tuchten, tighten English: tight (verb), tighten === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “TYHTAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.