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þeów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §359; §360; §437;
A female servant or slave
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  • Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe

    praefata Christi famula,

    • Bd. 4, 9
      • ;
    • S. 577, 13: 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 578, 5: 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 592, 36
      • .

  • Seó Cristes þeówe,

    • Guthl. 20
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 92, 2
      • .

  • Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua,)

    • (Lind.)

    ancilla,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69
      • .

  • Ðínre þeówan sunu

    filium ancillae tuae

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 85, 15: 115, 6
      • .

  • On Marian ðínre þeówan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 157, 3
      • .

  • Ðió

    famulam,

    • Rtl. 103, 40
      • .

  • Ðióe,

    • 104, 18
      • .

  • Ðá wǽron ða Cristes ðeówe út gangende of cyricean

    egressae de oratorio famulae Christi,

    • Bd. 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 575, 3
      • .

  • Ða hús ðara untrumra Cristes ðeówna

    casulas infirmarum Christi famularum,

    • 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 33
      • .

  • Ne gǽð heó út swá þeówena gewuna ys

    non egredietur, sicut ancillae exire consueverunt,

    • Ex. 21, 7
      • .

  • Án from ðǽm ðiówum

    una ex ancillis,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 66
      • .
Etymology
Goth. þiwi
O. Sax. thiu; thiwa
O. H. Ger. diu; diwa
Icel. þýr
Similar entries
v. þeówen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þeów.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31775.

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