þegnest
- noun [ uncertain ]
Grammar
O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger.
dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón,
dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the
English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word
occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?):
where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest;
in the same passage, which is late, eó is written
where é is the more regular form, as heót
for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has
influenced the English) Service
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Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere,
- Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25.
- (This passage occurs in only one MS.) v. next word, and þegnisc.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “þegnest.” 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/31630.
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