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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 - 5a, 8e, 14d1, 16b1 (inf.)
  • (BI)TIGHATH - 5d (present, 3rd p. sing)
  • TJAN (UT) - 9c (imperative)
  • TJUGANDE - 9e (present participle)
  • TJUGHA (→ TJUGA) - 11b (inf.)
  • TÁGON - 13b, 13c3, 13c4, 14f, 16d (past, 3rd p. plur.)
  • TÁCH - 13c1, 13c2, 15c1, 16b3, 19c (past, 3rd p. sing.)

perfect:

  • (VR)THÉJAN (→ TÉJEN) - 3e
  • (VR)TJÛGAD - 4d
  • (VR)TIGEN (→ TÉJEN) - 5e
  • (WR)TÉIN, (HIN)TÉIN (→ TÉJEN) - 8d, 14d2
  • TEKAD - 9d
  • (OM)TÉJEN - 9e
  • TJUCHT - 10b
  • TOGEN - 11c, 16f
  • (VR)TYAN, (AN)TJAN (→ TÉJEN) - 14e1, 14e3
  • TÁGEN (→ TOGEN) - 15c2

derived nouns/compounds:

  • TJUGUM (witnesses) - 3a, 3d, 5c
  • TOGUM (plur.) - 11a
  • (SIN.)TÜGA (plur.) - 13f
  • (ORLOCH.)TUCH - 14e2
  • TJUCH - 16b2
  • TUCHT(.RODE) - 18
  • (VN)TUCHT - 19b

expressions:

  • TÍGE BY TÍGE[1] - 4c
  • ORLOCH is/was VRTHÉJAN/VRTIGEN/VRTYAN - 3e, 5e, 14e1
  • TÉJA BÀRN (conceive/raise children)[2] — 5a, 10b, 16b1

(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

3a→Ea. Burg Laws

  • [017/23] THRJA SJVGUN TJUGUM

3d→Ed. At War

  • [023/20] MITH BODON ÀND TJUGUM

3e→Ee. Security and War Aftermath

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

4c→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

4d→F1d. Concerning Laws

  • [031/11] BIN.IK VRTJÛGAD

5a→Ga. Three Principles

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

5c→Gc. Wrathful People

  • [042/27] MITH VRKÀNDA TJUGUM

5d→Gd. Evildoers

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

5e→Ge. Three Thieves

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

8d→K3b. Tunis and the Tyrians

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

8e→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

9c→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!

9d→L2a. Jon and Minerva

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

9e→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

10b→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

11a→N1. Denmarks Lost

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

11b→N2a. Frana’s Prophecy

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

11c→N2b. Battle of Medeasblik

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

13b→R2a. A Treacherous Maiden

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

13c→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

13f→R4b. Primal Teachings 2

  • [103/10] SIN.TÜGA

14d→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

14e→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)

14f→S4. Northland

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

15c-1→T2b. Yesus of Kashmir

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

15c-2→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

16b→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

16b→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

16f→U4. Liudgeart: Panj-ab

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

18→Y. Rika: Title Theft

  • [192/10] TUCHT.RODE

19b→Zb. Streams of Blood

  • [200/01] THA VNTUCHT THÉR WIVA

19c→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)

notes

  1. ↑ Compare [154/25] DIGER BI DIGER, translated as thoroughly.
  2. ↑ Old Greek τεκνο (children) may be derived from this.