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under-þeów

  • noun [ masculine ]
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under-þeów, es; m.
One reduced to slavery, one who serves under or is subject to another, a slave, servant
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  • Hé geniédde Arhalaus ðone látteów ðæt hé wæs his underþeów,

    • Ors. 5, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 238, 2.
  • Ða burgware bǽdon ðæt hié mósten beón hiera underþeówas ðá hí hié bewerian ne mehton

    petentes, ut quos belli clades reliquos fecit, saltem servire liceat,

    • 4, 13
    • ;
    • Swt. 212, 5: 2, 8
    • ;
    • Swt. 92, 23.
  • Ealle wurdon Iuliuse underþeówas

    Caesar omnes ad deditionem compulit,

    • 5, 12, Swt. 242, 27.
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v.  þeów.
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