Obs. rare. [OE. tíon, téon, contr. from *tíhan, = OS. tîhan in aftîhan to refuse, OHG. zîhan, MHG. zîhen to accuse, show to be guilty, inform against, ON. tjá from *tíha to show, tell, relate, report, Goth. ga-teihan to show, make known. Orig. a strong vb. *tíhan (táh, tiʓon, tiʓen), of ablaut series tīh-, taih-, tih-, cognate with Gr. δεικ-νύναι to show, L. dīc-ĕre to tell, Skr. dīç- to show, point out. But already in OE. confused in inflexion with téon from *téohan to draw, TEE v.1, in consequence of the falling together of the contracted pres. stems tío-, téo-. Rare in ME. In quot. c. 1440 tyxste app. = tyhst.] trans. To accuse. (In quot. a. 1300, ? to show, make known; or ? to tell, relate.)
871–901. Laws of Ælfred, c. 33. Gif hwa oðerne … tion [v.r. teon] wille, pæt he hwelcne ne ʓelæste þara ðe he him ʓesealde [etc.]. Ibid., c. 36 § 1. Gif hine mon tio [v.r. teo] ʓewealdes on ðære dæde, ʓetriowe hine be þam wite.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gen., xxxi. 31. Nu þu me stale tyhst. Ibid., xliv. 7. Hwi tihþ ure hlaford us swa micles falses?
a. 1300. Beket, 1180. Holi churche he aboute dure [v.r. a-bouȝte deore] that nie tiȝth on wide [v.r. tellez of wel wide].
c. 1440. York Myst., xxxii. 287. Kaiph. … Fye on the, traytoure attaynte, at þis tyde; Of treasoune þou tyxste hym, þat triste þe for trewe.
