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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.]
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v. þeówen.
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