TÉJA

TÉJA is the reconstructed infinitve of a verb that occurs in various inflections. Words derived from it can rarely be translated literally.

Probably derived from this verb are the nouns TÉKEN, TEX, TOCHT(-A/-E), Tjan (ten).

varieties

• TO TÉJANDE - Ga, K3c, S3a-1, U2b-1 (inf.)
• (BI)TIGHATH - Gd (present, 3rd p. sing)
• TJAN (UT) - L1c (imperative)
• TJUGANDE - L2b-1 (present participle)
• TJUGHA (→ TJUGA) - N2a (inf.)
• TÁGON - R2a, R2b-3, R2b-4, S4, U3a (past, 3rd p. plur.)
• TÁCH - R2b-1, R2b-2, T2b, U2b-3, Zc (past, 3rd p. sing.)

perfect:

• (VR)THÉJAN (→ TÉJEN) - Ee
• (VR)TJÛGAD - F1d
• (VR)TIGEN (→ TÉJEN) - Ge
• (WR)TÉIN, (HIN)TÉIN (→ TÉJEN) - K3b, S3a-2
• TEKAD - L2a
• (OM)TÉJEN - L2b-2
• TJUCHT - Mb
• TOGEN - N2b, U4
• (VR)TYAN, (AN)TJAN (→ TÉJEN) - S3b-1, S3b-3
• TÁGEN (→ TOGEN) - T2c

derived nouns/compounds:

• TJUGUM (witnesses) - Ea, Ed, Gc
• TOGUM (plur.) - N1
• (SIN.)TÜGA (plur.) - R4b
• (ORLOCH.)TUCH - S3b-2
• TJUCH - U2b-2
• TUCHT(.RODE) - Y
• (VN)TUCHT - Zb

expressions:

• TÍGE BY TÍGE - F1c
• ORLOCH is/was VRTHÉJAN/VRTIGEN/VRTYAN - Ee, Ge, S3b-1
• TÉJA BÀRN (conceive/raise children) — Ga, N2a, U2b-1

(To be added: HÉR​.TOGA, words with TOCHT.)

cognates, derivatives

(some examples:)

• tegere (to cover, hide, close, conceal, etc.), texere (weave), tangere (to touch) - Latin
• tejer (weave, knit, spin) - Spanish
• tecer ( ,, ) - Portuguese
• taw (→ tool), tie, tow, tug, thatch (pull-over), tissue, textile - English
• ziehen (pull), erziehen (raise), zücken (pull out), zögern (hesitate), Zucht (breed), Zug (train) - German
• touwen, tuigen, tuien, tooien, (aan-)tijgen (make, prepare, trekken, accuse), (be-)tichten (accuse), dekken (overtrekken), tuig, teug - Dutch
• tawa, tauje ( ,, ) - Frisian

Possibly related: teach, token, text, (Dutch:) taai.

dictionaries

• Wiarda (1786): teia seh tia; (p.379) Tia seh telen und Thing; tia, thia, teia ziehen und reisen. And ana en or land to tiande, und nach einem andern Lande zu ziehen. — tjaen tiden tyen, tyden, Tuin. (etc.)
• Hettema (1832) (p.82): Tia, tiije, voorttelen (reproduce); Tia, tjaen, trekken, voorttrekken, in bezit nemen, reizen.
• Richthofen (1840) (p.1082): tia (ziehen, zeugen) (... full page article), also see possibly related words tia (zug), tiader, tieder (bindseil, strick) etc.
• Koebler (2014): tiā (...) nhd. ziehen, erziehen, unterhalten, sich berufen, zeugen, antreten, angehen, aufkommen für, vorgehen, sich wenden; (...)
• in glossary of Bremmer's Introduction to Old Frisian (2009, p.191): bitetza - to take possession of (German: zücken) (note Ott: Dutch 'betrekken')

fragments

Ea. Burg Laws

• [017/23] THRJA SJVGUN TJUGUM

Ed. At War

• [023/20] MITH BODON ÀND TJUGUM

Ee. Security and War Aftermath

• [025/20] IS ORLOCH VRTHÉJAN (→ VRTÉJEN)

F1c. Useful Precedents

• [030/15] ALDULKERA TO KJASANE THAM MÀN TÍGE BY TÍGE KÀNTH — to choose only those who are very well (or: through and through) known

F1d. Concerning Laws

• [031/11] BIN.IK VRTJÛGAD

Ga. Three Principles

• [040/15] ALLE ELTE MINNISKA WERTHAT DRONGEN A BÀRN TO TÉJANDE — All healthy people feel the desire to raise children

Gc. Wrathful People

• [042/27] MITH VRKÀNDA TJUGUM

Gd. Evildoers

• [043/] IS THÉR HWA THÉR EN ÔTHER ÀFTERBÀKIS BITIGHATH — if anyone accuses another behind his back

Ge. Three Thieves

• [044/07] ORLOCH WAS VRTIGEN (→ VRTÉJEN)

K3b. Tunis and the Tyrians

• [059/25] MITH GOLD WRTÉIN (→ VRTÉJEN)

K3c. The Gola

• [061/05] THA GOLA FÍRADON ... FÉRSTA ÀND TO TÍANDE (→ TÉJANDE) THA KÁD​.HÉMAR THÉRA THRVCH TODVAN HJARAR HORIGA MAN'GHÉRTNE ÀND THA SWÉT​.HÉD FON HJARA FININNIGE WIN — the Gools celebrated ... rites, attracting the coast-dwellers with their whorish girls and the sweetness of their venomous wine

L1c. Kelta and the Gola

• [067/20] WILST WÉR FRY WÉSA ÀND VNDER MINA RÉD ÀND HODA LÉVA. TJAN UT THEN. — If you wish to be free again, and live under my counsel and care, then march forth!

L2a. Jon and Minerva

• [070/11] HJA WÉRON MITH FELUM TEKAD — They were clothed in skins

L2b. The Geartmen

• 1. [072/29] FORTH JAVON HJA THAT FOLK BYLDNESE FON HIRA LIKNESS TJUGANDE THÀT HJA THÉRAN ELLA FRÉJA MACHTE ALSANÁKA HJA HÉROCH BILÉWON. — They also gave their folk images of her likeness, attesting that they could pray to them for anything, as long as they remained obedient.

• 2. [073/01] MEN WI HÉDON VSA STÉNE BURCH.WAL MITH TWAM HORNUM OMTÉJEN ALTO THA SÉ — But we had our stone burg wall, with two horns [...] all the way to the sea

Mb. - Athenia in Decline

• [077/01] VMBE THAT ER TJUCHT WÉSA SKOLDE UT EN FRYASKE MAN'GÉRTE ÀND EN ÉGIPTISKA PRESTER — because he would be the son of a Frya girl and an Egyptian priest

N1. Denmarks Lost

• [081/01] SPANDON HJA HJARA HORSA FAR HJARA TOGUM — hitched their horses to their sleighs

N2a. Frana’s Prophecy

• [083/29] TOJENST HJARA TÁTA TJUGHA (→ TJUGA)

N2b. Battle of Medeasblik

• [085/20] THA STJURAR ... HÉDON HINI GÉRN TO JONIS TOGEN — The steersmen ... were eager to confront him

R2a. A Treacherous Maiden

• [092/25] THA SAXNE TÁGON UTA SKÀDNE — knives were drawn

R2b. Death of Adela

• 1. [093/30] THÁ NÉVIL EWÉI TÁCH — When the fog dissolved
• 2. [094/01] JONGK.FOLK TÁCH SJONGANDE
• 3. [094/10] TOFÁRA ADELA.S DURE TAGON (→ TÁGON) TWILIF MAN’GÉRTNE MITH TWILIF LÀMKES — Twelve girls with twelve lambs passed by Adela’s door
• 4. [095/05] INTWISKA HÉDON SINA ELDRA HJARA WÉPNE FAT. ÀND TAGON (→ TÁGON) VNDÍGR (→ VN​.DIGER) TO JONIS — Meanwhile, his parents had taken up their arms and approached them recklessly

R4b. Primal Teachings 2

• [103/10] SIN.TÜGA

S3a. Alexander the King

• 1. [124/01] VMBE VSA FLÁTE NÉI THA MIDDEL​.SÉ TO TYANDE (→ TÉJANDE) — to tow our fleet to the Middle Sea
• 2. [125/01] HWÉR ALLE ÀFTA FRYA​.S BERN FORMELS HINTÉIN (→ HINTÉJEN) WÉRON

S3b. Demetrius and Friso

• 1. [125/25] WAS ORLOCH VRTYAN
• 2. [128/05] ORLOCH.TUCH
• 3. [130/01] NW HÉDON HJA THET STOLTA SWÉRD ANTJAN (→ ANTÉJEN)

S4. Northland

• [131/05] HJA TÁGON IMMER FORTH EN THET HÉR WÀRTH AL GRÁTER — They kept moving on and the army grew stronger

T2b. Yesus of Kashmir

• [137/05] ALOMME HWÉR ER FORTH HINNE TÁCH — Everywhere he went

T2c. Bald Priests in Rags

• [139/15] VRMITES HJA WISTON THÀT JES.US ÀJEN THA RIKA TO FJELDA TÁGEN (→ TOGEN) HÉDE — Because they knew that Yesus had been in arms against the rich

U2b. Danish Alliance

• 1. [148/20] AND FON HJARA STORESTE TOGHTERA VMB THÉR BI BERN TO TÉJANDE — and of their sturdiest daughters to have children by
• 2. [149/20] TO HRÉD MITH ÍSERE KÉDNE ÀND KRÁNBOGUM ÀND MITH FVLLE TJUCH ALSA FAR WÉR​.SKÉPA HOF ÀND NÉDLIK SÍ — equipped with iron chains and crossbows, and fully rigged with what is useful and essential on warships
• 3. [150/10] THÉR IN IS FOLK LÉID THAT FRISO UT.A SAXANA MARKA TÁCH — They were populated with folk that Friso took from the Saxonmarks

U3a. Adel and Ifkia

• [157/20] DÁNÁ TÁGON HJA INOVIR STÁVEREN.S.WRDA BY HJARA LJUDA ROND — Thereupon, they toured along the shores of Staveren, visiting their kindred

U4. Liudgeart: Panj-ab

• [164/01] HWANA SE ... NÉI THA DELTA ... TOGEN IS — from where she descended to the delta

Y. Rika: Title Theft

• [192/10] TUCHT.RODE

Zb. Streams of Blood

• [200/01] THA VNTUCHT THÉR WIVA

Zc. Reintia’s Dream

• [203/25] SAND HJU BODON NÉI ÁSKAR AND TÁG (→ TÁCH) SELVA ALINGEN THENE BALDA​.SÉ — she sent messengers to Askar and continued along the Baltic Sea

discussion

etymonline/tag; etymonline/tack

Tag, tack, twig seem to be related. The original word may (a.o.t.) have meant needle (related to making textile).

cognates

• tak - Dutch (branch, twig)
• Zacke - German
• takke(l), tûke, tokke - Frisian
• toeg(e), toek - Gronings, Drents
• tagg - Norse, Swedish
• taque - Old North French (nail, pin, peg)

• [163/01] TWÍGA FON FRÍA.S STAM

Found in the accepted Oldfrisian texts (examples):

• ther hiu bi him tege (Overkeuren #5, Hunsingo Codices H1, H2)
• thet hit nen mon ne binere the biteszie iefta bitiune, biere iefta bischere (Asegarecht #5, Fivelgo Codex F)