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þeówetling

  • noun [ masculine ]
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þeówetling, es; m.
A (poor) slave; the diminutive form seems to be depreciatory in this case
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  • Quintianus wæs grǽdig gítsere, deófles þeówetlincg

    a miserable slave of the devil,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 8, 6
      • .

  • Þeáh ðe hé brúce brádes ríces hé is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes

    though he exer- cise extensive power, he is a poor miserable slave, and not of a single master,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 228, 11
      • .

  • Ǽlc hysecild ǽgðer ge æþelboren ge þeówetling,

    • i. 92, 1
      • .

  • Ǽlces mannes þeówetlingas ða ðrý dagas weorces beón gefreóde,

    • Wulfst. 171, 19
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  • Be teóðunge ... þridda dǽl gá þearfum and earman þeówetlingan,

    • L. Eth. ix, 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 342, 9
      • .

  • Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan,

    • L. I. P. 11
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 26
      • .

  • Þeówetlingum

    servulis,

    • Hymn. Surt. 25, 18
      • .

  • Þeówtlingas

    servulos,

    • 124, 13: 125, 5
      • .
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v. níd-þeówetling.
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v.  þeówling.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeówetling.” 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/31792.

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