Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo tear apart, tear asunder. · To scatter, disperse.
From Middle English toratten, from to- + ratten (“to lacerate, tear”), equivalent to to- + rat. Related to Middle High German ratzen (“to lacerate, tear”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "toratten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English toratten"
},
{
"name": "prefix",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "to",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "to- +"
},
{
"name": "prefix",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "to",
"3": "rat"
},
"expansion": "to- + rat"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "ratzen",
"3": "",
"4": "to lacerate, tear"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German ratzen (“to lacerate, tear”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"toratten",
"toratten#Middle_English"
],
[
"to-",
"to-#English"
],
[
"ratten",
"ratten#Middle_English"
],
[
"to-",
"to-#English"
],
[
"rat",
"rat#English"
],
[
"ratzen",
"ratzen#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To tear apart, tear asunder.",
"To scatter, disperse."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"recordId": "9f0d9b977bc60b5c2bf0b52994b959c26e8578025c6925577bf09b43b52701bc",
"rawRecordSha256": "816bf440b64f0f62c40a1b07880d3ae6442ec9489231235e04299bc73c27c138",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 1161989
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}