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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 :-- 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.
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