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þeófian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þeófian, (and þeófan?
The Lindisfarne gloss has ðæt ðú ne forstele ł ne forðiófe,
    Mk. 10, 19; the Kentish Glossary, diófende furtivus; but this might imply the form ðiófian, cf. tácnendi and tácnian: cf. also, for both force and form of the participle styrende agitatam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7) to thieve, steal
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  • Se ðe ða áre þænce tó þeófigenne

    qui quid illinc abstulerit,

      Chart. Th. 177, 13.
  • Ðiófende weteru

    stolen waters;

    aque furtive,
      Kent. Gl. 309.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. thaz sie mit stalu nan nirzuken noh inan thar githiuben, Or. iv. 36, 12.]
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v. ge-þeófian.
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