tocwiesan

• tōcwīsan, tōcwȳsan

By surface analysis, tō- +‎ cwīesan

• IPA^(key): /toːˈkwi͜yː.sɑn/, [toːˈkwi͜yː.zɑn]

tōcwīesan

1. to crush
   • Homilies of Ælfric

     Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.

     A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

2. to shatter, break into pieces
3. to bruise
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Eft æt sumum sæle ætslād sē hālga wer on ðām hēalīcum gradum æt þām hālgum wēofode, swā þæt hē fornēan eal wearð tōcwȳsed; ac on þǣre nihte hine ġelācnode God, ðurh his hālgan enġel, tō ansundre hǣle.

     Also, at a certain hall, the holy man slipped on the high steps at the holy altar, so that almost his whole body became bruised; but in the night, God restored him to full health through his holy angel.

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tó-cwísan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.