To- (2), prepositional prefix, as in To-forn. A.S. tō-, G. zu-.
To-bete, v. beat amain, T. v. 1762; beat severely, G 405 (see the note).
To-breke, v. break in pieces; To-breketh, pr. s. (it) breaks in pieces, R. 277; breaks asunder, G 907; is violently broken, HF. 779; To-breke, imp. s. break in twain, B 3. m 9. 31; To-broken, pp. broken in pieces, destroyed, 16. 1; To-broke, pp. broken in half, D 277; severely bruised, A 4277. A.S. tō-brecan, to break in twain.
To-breste, v. burst in twain, T. ii. 608; To-breste, pr. s. subj. may (she) break in twain, T. iv. 1546; may be broken in twain, 1. 16; To-breste, pr. pl. break in pieces, A 2611; To-brosten, pp. broken in twain, A 2691, 2757. A.S. tō-berstan.
To-cleve, v. cleave in twain, T. v. 613. A.S. to-clēofan.
To-dasshte, pt. s. dashed violently about, R. 337; To-dasshed, pp. much bruised, T. ii. 640.
Tode, s. toad, I 636.
To-drawen, pr. pl. allure, B 4. m 3. 30; To-drowen, pt. pl. tore in pieces, B 1. p 3. 27; To-drawen, pp. distracted, B 1. p 5. 48.
To-driven, pp. scattered, L. 1280. A.S. tō-drīfan.
To-forn, prep, before, F 268; god to-forn, before God, in God's sight, T. i. 1049, ii. 431, 1409, iii. 849.