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þeówet

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þeówet, (-ot,)(-ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§358; §604;
Service; in an unfavourable sense, servitude, bondage, slavery
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  • Is óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe, se gedafenaþ Godes ðeówum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 524, 5
    • .
of voluntary service
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  • Githro sǽde ðæt Moyses on dyslícum gesuincum wǽre mid ðæs folces eorðlícan ðeówote

    quod terrenis populorum negotiis stulto labore deserviat,

    • Past. 18; Swt. 131, 14
    • .
of forced service
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  • Ǽlc ðeówt biþ geendod on ðisum andweardan lífe, búton ðæra ánra ðe aynuum ðeówiaþ; hí habbaþ écne ðeówt,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 326, 30
    • .
  • Sí þreora án for his feore, wergild, éce þeówet, hengenwítnung,

    • L. Eth. vii. 16
    • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 18
    • .
  • Of þeówetes húse

    de domo servitutis,

    • Deut. 6, 12
    • .
  • Þeówettes,

    • 13, 10
    • .
  • Se synfulla ðeówaþ ðam wyrstan ðeówte

    the sinner is a slave to the worst slavery,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 228, 10
    • .
  • Of þeówete út álǽdan

    de servitute eruere,

    • Ex. 6, 6
    • .
  • Þeówette,

    • Deut. 5, 6
    • .
  • Of þeówte gelǽdan,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 19
    • .
  • Of þeówte álísan,

    • 2, 11
    • .
  • On þeówote gebringan

    to enslave,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • Swt. 128, 29
    • .
  • Ðeówte,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 190, 90
    • .
  • Tó ðeówte gelǽdan,

    • 66, 34
    • .
  • Hé wolde ðæt folc habban ongeán tó his lande tó his láðum þeówte,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 26
    • .
  • Bige ús tó ðæs cynges þeówette

    eme nos in servitutem regiam,

    • Gen. 47, 19
    • .
  • Tó þeówte bebycggan

    to sell into slavery

    ,
    • L. Alf. 12
    • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 12 MS. H.
  • On þeówete standan

    to remain in bondage.

    • L. Ath. v. 12, 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 242, 5
    • .
  • Ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte,

    • Homl. Th. i. 110, 29
    • .
  • Drihtenes áre oððe deófles þeówet,

    • Hy. 7, 98
    • .
  • Tódǽlan freót and þeówet

    to distinguish between freedom and slavery, i.e. between the free and the bond,

    • L. C. S. 69
    • ;
    • Th. i. 412, 10
    • .
  • On þeówot gangan,

    • L. In. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 106, 17
    • .
  • On þeówot sellan,

    • Ors. 3, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 112, 30
    • .
  • Þeówet,

    • L. Ecg. C. 27
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 152, 17
    • .
Etymology
Cf. Swa summ þu þeowwtesst tin eorþlike laferrd swa shall þin sune himm þeowwtenn, butt iff he wurrþe lesedd ut off hiss þeowwdomess bandess, Orm. 43-46
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v.  þeówot þeówt.
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