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 deal with
   1. to treat a person
   2. to employ property or talents
3. (intransitive) to draw to somewhere; to go or come; to make a journey

Conjugation

Conjugation of ātēon (strong class 2)

infinitive	ātēon	ātēonne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ātēo	ātēah
second person singular	ātīehst	ātuge
third person singular	ātīehþ	ātēah
plural	ātēoþ	ātugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ātēo	ātuge
plural	ātēon	ātugen
imperative
singular	ātēoh
plural	ātēoþ
participle	present	past
	ātēonde	ātogen

Derived terms

• framātēon

References

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