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þeówian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§89; §264;
to serve (of animate or inanimate objects),
be a servant or slave.
in the more favourable sense,
absolute
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followed by dat. of the person or institution served
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with dat. of practice in which a person labours, to be devoted to, attend to, bestow pains on,
work at
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with acc.(?) of service done,
to perform a service
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in the less favourable sense,
absolute
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with dat. of that which is served
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to enslave, reduce to a state of slavery, deprive of freedom
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Etymology
[Þa hwile þu þeowest þire sunne, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 1. Heo hine beden þat he nomen heom to þrallen & heo him wolden þiwien (hii him wolde be þeouwe, 2nd MS.), Laym. 10015.]
Similar entries
v. ge-þeówian, þeówan.
Linked entries
v.  þeáwian þeówan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þeówian.” 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/31795.

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