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þeód

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þeód, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§137; §367;
a nation, people
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  • Ðeóð winþ ongén þeóde

    consurget gens in gentem,

      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7.

  • Of ðám frumgárum folc áwæcniaþ, þeód unmǽte,

      Cd. Th. 138, 15; Gen. 2292.

  • Eást-Engla cyning and. seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht cyning,

      Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 24.

  • Eal seó þeód ðe on Eást-Englum beóþ,

      L. A. G. prm.; Th. i. 152, 3.

  • Myrcena ðeód onféng fulluht,

      Lchdm. iii. 430, 21.

  • Ðeós þeód (

    the Jews

    ),
      Elen. Kmbl. 934; El. 468.

  • Ðá wæs þeód (

    the citizens of Mermedonia;

    cf. burhwaru,
      2189; An. 1096) gesamnod, Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100.

  • Cham ys fæder ðære Cananéiscre þeóde,

      Gen. 9, 18.

  • Ðǽr wæs micel unþuǽrnes ðære þeóde (

    the Northumbrians

    ) betweox him selfum,
      Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 8.

  • Mid ðǽm ieldstan witum mínre þeóde,

      L. In. prm.; Th. i. 102, 6.

  • Þióde aldor,

      Dauid, Ps. C. 146.

  • In lond ðara ðeáde

    in regionem Gerasenorum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 28.

  • Hér Édwine kyning wæs gefulwad mid his þeóde,

      Chr. 627; Erl. 24, 2.

  • Ic déme ða þeóde (

    gentem,

    the Egyptians),
      Gen. 15, 14.

  • Clǽnsie man ða þeóde,

      L. E. G. ii; Th. i. 174, 2.

  • Ealla óðræ Cristnæ ðióda,

      Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 5.

  • Of ðám frumgárum twá þeóda (

    the Moabites and the Ammonites

    ) áwócon,
      Cd. Th. 158, 11; Gen. 2615.

  • Þeóda

    gentes,

      Ps. Th. 65, 7.

  • Þeóde,

      78, 1: 113, 10.

  • Manegra þeóda fæder

    pater multarum gentium,

      Gen. 17, 4.

  • Ofer þeóda gehwylce,

      Beo. Th. 3414; B. 1705.

  • Drihten, ðeóda waldend,

      Cd. Th. 238, 27; Dan. 361.

  • Eardas rúme Meotud árǽrde for moncynne, efenfela þeóda and þeáwa (i.e.

    each people has its own customs

    ),
      Exon. Th. 334, 18; Gn. Ex. 18.

  • Ðiéda

    gentium,

      Ps. Surt. 17, 44: ii. p. 192, 17.

  • On ðeódum

    inter gentes,

      Ps. Th. 107, 3.

  • Ofer ealle þeóde

    super gentes,

      65, 6.

  • Hí þreátiaþ ymbsittenda óþra þeóda,

      Met. 25, 14.

  • Lǽraþ ealle þeóda

    docete omnes gentes,

      Mt. Kmbl. 28, 19. I a.

  • Inne on healle wæs ðeód on sǽlum,

      Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643.

  • Heó ðæs áð lǽdde on ealre ðeóde gewitnesse tó Æglesforda,

      Chart. Th. 202, 3.

  • Æþelréd Norþanhymbra cyning wæs ofslægen from his ágenre þeóde, Chr. 794; Erl. 58, 5. I b. in pl.

    the gentiles

    :-- Se þeóda láreów
      Paulus, Homl. Th. i. 96, 35: Shrn. 58, 33.

  • Þara þeóda (ðeóda, Lind.) Galilea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 4, 15. I c.

    a race :-- Giganta cyst ... ðæt wæs fremde þeód écean Dryhtne, Beo. Th. 3387; B. 1691. I d. in a general sense, particularly in pl., people, men :-- Gif ðú eáðmódne eorl geméte, þegn on þeóde (among men ),

      Exon. Th. 318, 7; Mod. 79: 176, 4; Gú. 1204.

  • Ðæt wé siþþan forð ða séllan þing móten geþeón on þeóde,

      23, 31; Cri. 377: 8, 33; Cri. 127: 208, 23; Ph. 160.

  • Cristes þegnas biddaþ God áre ealre þeóde; ðú him tíðast, swá ðú eádmód eart ealre worlde,

      Hy. 7, 55.
  • Grécas ... Egiptisce þeóda ... Romani and Englisce þeóda, Anglia viii. 309, 19-21.

  • Þeóda wlítaþ ... hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ,

      Exon. Th. 221, 28; Ph. 341.

  • Hé þeóda gehwam (

    to every one on earth

    ) hefonríce forgeaf,
      Cd. Th. 40, 19; Gen. 641; Exon. Th. 429, 4; Rä. 42, 8.

  • Geþola þeóda þreá

    endure men's oppression,

      Andr. Kmbl. 213; An. 107.

  • Se ðisne ár hider onsende þeódum tó helpe (

    to help people

    ),
      3209; An. 1607.

  • Is wíde cúð ðeódum, ceorlum and eorlum,

      Menol. Fox 61; Men. 30.

  • David wæs swíðe geðancol tó ðingienne þiódum sínum wið ðane Sceppend,

      Ps. C. 7.
in a local sense,
the district occupied by a people, a country
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  • Án hearpere wæs on ðære þeóde ðe Thracia hátte,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 28.

  • Se wæs on ðære ðeóde ðe hátte Babilonige,

      Cd. Th. 226, 16; Dan. 172.

  • Ða beorgas onginnaþ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 20.

  • In ðær ðeáde

    in Galilaeam,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 45.

  • Aulixis hæfde twá ðióda under ðam Kásere. Ða ðióda wǽron hátene Iþaeige and Rétie,

      Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 4.
a language. v. ge-þeóde
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  • Þeáh ðe seofan men sittan on middanearde, and heó mihton sprecan on ǽghwylcere þeóde ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǽre, ðara is twá and hundseofontig,

      Wulfst. 214, 29.
Etymology
[Goth. þiuda a nation, people; pl. the gentiles: O. Sax. thiod, thioda a people; in pl. men: O. L. Ger. thiad gens, natio: O. Frs. thiade people, men: O. H. Ger. diot, diota gens, populus, plebs, natio: Icel. þjóð a nation, people; in a local sense, a land, country.]
Similar entries
v. el- (æl-), eást-, gum-, heáh-, neáh-, norþ-, sige-, Sweó-, wer-þeód, irmen-þeóde; in-geþeóde.
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v.  þeád þeóden.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeód.” 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/31670.

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