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þeówian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§89; §264;
to serve (of animate or inanimate objects), be a servant or slave.
in the more favourable sense
,
absolute
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  • Ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ,

    • Met. 29, 77
      • .

  • Gehérsumendre stilnesse ł þieówiende

    quiete,

    • Hpt. Gl. 413, 20
      • .
followed by dat. of the person or institution served
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  • Ic (an animal's skin) dryhtunt þeówige,

    • Exon. Th. 394, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 13, 15
      • .

  • Him ánum ðú þeówast (þéwige,)

    • (Rush.)

    illi soli servies,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 4, 10
      • .

  • Ðam (God) þeówiaþ ealle, ða ðe þeówiaþ ... ge ða ðe hit witon, ðæt hié him þeówiaþ, ge ða ðe hit nyton,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 30-32
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 106, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 40
      • .

  • Hú ne þeówode ic ðe for Rachele

    nonne pro Rachel servivi tibi?

    • Gen. 29, 25
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. 15, 29
      • .

  • Hí ne mihton elles béón, gif hé ne þiówedon hiora fruman,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234, 30
      • .

  • Þiówoden,

    • Met. 29, 99
      • .

  • Ða ðe fram cildháde Gode þeówodon,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 78, 17
      • .

  • Him ánum ðú þeówa,

    • Blickl. Homl. 27, 21
      • .

  • Eall ðeós eorðe Gode þeówie,

    • Ps. Th. 99, 1
      • .

  • Sume secgaþ ðæt se milte ðám sinum þeówige,

    • Lchdm. ii. 242, 22
      • .

  • Ðæt wé ðíwgen him

    ut serviamus illi,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 26
      • .

  • Ne mæg nán man twám hláfordum þeówian (ðeówigan,)

    • (Rush.)
      • ,
    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. 16, 13
      • .

  • Drihtne on dǽdum þeówian,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 12
      • .

  • Gif hí mid rihte willaþ Gode þeówian, ðonne sceolan hí þegnian Godes folce,

    • 45, 36
      • .

  • Ðære cyrican þeówian,

    • 49, 4
      • .

  • Hé nolde Gode þeówian,

    • Cd. Th.17, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 264
      • .
In special reference to the services of religion :--
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  • Þeówian his Drihtne swá wel swá hé (the monk) betst mæge,

    • L. Eth. v. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 306, 9
      • .

  • Ic ðǽr Englisce scole gesette, ðe ǽfre for úre þeóde Gode þýwian scolde,

    • Chart. Th. 116, 35
      • .

  • Þeówigende (ðió hérde Gode,)

    • (Rush.)

    on fæstenum and on hálsungum,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 37
      • .

  • Wæs heó Drihtne ðeówiende on ðam mynstre,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 15
      • .

  • On ðam mynstre wǽron fif bróþra oþþe syxe Drihtne ðeówiende,

    • 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 582, 23
      • .
with dat. of practice in which a person labours, to be devoted to, attend to, bestow pains on, work at
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  • Hé wæs manod ðæt hé his ðam gewunelícan wæccum and gebedum geornlíce ðeówode

    admonitus est vigiliis consuetis et orationibus indefessus incumbere,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 547, 55
      • .

  • Sealmsangum hig þeówian

    psalmodiis inseruiant,

    • Anglia xiii. 373, 117
      • .
with acc.(?) of service done, to perform a service
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  • Ealle ða ðénunga ðe (acc. or dat.?) wé nú ðiówiaþ and wyrceaþ

    quod in actione servemus,

    • Past. 34
      • ;
    • Swt. 233, 10
      • .
in the less favourable sense,
absolute
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  • Eálá gé ðeówan ... ne ðeówige gé tó ansýne,

    • Homl. Th. ii, 326, 24
      • .

  • Gif ðú þeów bigst, þeówie hé six gér and beó him freoh on ðam seofoðan,

    • Ex. 21, 2
      • .

  • Gilde hé, þeówige hé

    whether he pay or serve (as a slave),

    • L. Eth. vii. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 19
      • .
with dat. of that which is served
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  • Hé biþ ðæra ǽhta ðeówa ðonne hé him eallunga þeówaþ

    (he is entirely in bondage to them)

    • Homl. Th. i. 66, 7
      • .

  • Se synfulla ðeówaþ ðam wyrstan ðeówte

    the sinner is a slave to the worse slavery,

    • ii. 228, 10
      • .

  • Pharao áh ǽgðer ge eów and eówer land ... Hig cwǽdon: 'Wé þeówiaþ blíðelíce ðam cynge,'

    • Gen. 47, 25
      • .
to enslave, reduce to a state of slavery, deprive of freedom
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  • Ðæt hé ús þeówige

    ut violenter subjiciat servituti nos,

    • Gen. 43, 18
      • .

  • Sý ǽlc cirice on Godes griðe and on ðæs cynges and on ealles cristenes folces, and ǽnig man heonanforð cirican ne þeówige,

    • L. Eth. v. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 306, 27. vi. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 318, 26
      • .
Etymology
Þa hwile þu þeowest þire sunne, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 1.
Heo hine beden þat he nomen heom to þrallen & heo him wolden þiwien (hii him wolde be þeouwe, 2nd MS.), Laym. 10015
Similar entries
v. ge-þeówian, þeówan.
Linked entries
v.  þeáwian þeówan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þeówian.” 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/31795.

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