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þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.
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A thigh Þeóh, thégh coxa, Txts. 54, 295. Þeóh, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 6. Þeóh femur, femoris, ys swá ðeáh eft gecweden femen, feminis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 10. Inneweard þeóh femen, þeóh coxa, útanweard þeóh femur, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 60-62.

Linked entry: þégh

þeóh

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Hé wæs togen ofdúne be þám þeón ( per coxas ), and upp be þám earmum, Gr. D. 320, 19. Add

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

þeóh-sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-sceanca, an; m.
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A thigh-shank, the upper part of the leg Earsendu nates, þeóh femur, þeóhscanca coxa, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36-38: 283,61-65. Ða hypbán ða earsenda mid ðǽm þeóhsconcum catacrinas, nates cum femoribus, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 19

þeóh-seax

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-seax, es; n.
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A shore sword that could be worn on the thigh Þeóhsaex semispatium ( = -spathium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 26. Sweord macheram, þeóhseax senspatium, 96, 29. Cf. hup-seax

þeóh-geweald

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-geweald, pl. n.
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Genitalia Ða þeóhgeweald mid ðǽm þeóh-hweorfan genitalia cum genuclis, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 20

Linked entry: ge-weald

þeóh-ece

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-ece, es; m.
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Thigh-ache Lǽcedómas wiþ þeóhece. Lchdm. ii. 6, 6: 64, 26

þeóh-gelǽte

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-gelǽte, es; n.
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A thigh-joint, the meeting of the thigh with the part of the body above it Ersendu mid ðám ðeóhgelǽtum (þeóhsconcum, lxxiv, 19) nates cum femoribus, Lchdm. i. lxx, 10

Linked entry: ge-lǽte

þeóh-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-hweorfa, an; m.
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A knee-joint; genuculum (cf. cneów-wyrste geniculi, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 70). v. preceding word

Linked entry: hweorfa

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Þegn and þeów þeódne mǽrum, 209, 3; Ph. 165. Þeów mancipium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 31. Ðeówa servus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 18. Þeówa, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 15.

Linked entries: þeá þeáw þió wíte-þeów

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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A female servant or slave Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe praefata Christi famula, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 13: 4, 10; S. 578, 5: 4, 23; S. 592, 36. Seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 2. Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua, Lind.) ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, p. þeóde
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To do, perform, effect Wé ðæt ǽbylgð nyton, ðæt wé gefremedon, þeódon bealwa wið ðec ǽfre, Elen. Kmbl. 805; El. 403

þeód-

(prefix)
Grammar
þeód-, As the first part of several compounds (see below) þeód has the force of general, great; a similar use is found in
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Þeód-Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 2042; B. 1019. Cf. regn-

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Wiþ þeóre drenc, and eft wiþ þære ( if þære refers to þeór the word would be feminine, but perhaps þeore should be read; cf. the text: Wyrc gódne ðeórdrenc ...

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Ic déme swá þeáh ða þeóde verumtamen gentem ego judicabo, 15, 24. Ðæt ðæs Hálgan Gástes þénung wǽre on ðære gyfe ðæs fullwihtes swá þeáh ( nihilominus ), nalles ðæs mannes, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 140, 3: H. R. 1010, 8.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.
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Of ðám frumgárum twá þeóda ( the Moabites and the Ammonites ) áwócon, Cd. Th. 158, 11; Gen. 2615. Þeóda gentes, Ps. Th. 65, 7. Þeóde, 78, 1: 113, 10. Manegra þeóda fæder pater multarum gentium, Gen. 17, 4. Ofer þeóda gehwylce, Beo.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden

þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów, adj.
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Gif hé þeów oþþe þeów mennen ofstinge, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 3: Cd. Th. 134, 32; Gen. 2233. Gif hwylc swíþe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne molt on eallon his ríce, ac wǽron ealle þeówe ...

þeón

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Þonon hé forð þeón sceolde unde proficsre debuit, 200, 11. (l a) in greeting :-- Fæder mín leófa, þeóh þú an Críste wel (beneualeas in Christo ), Chrd. 92, 17.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Þeáh hwá þeó on eallum welum and on eallum wlencum, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 31. Þió, Met. 10, 28. Ðeónde on cræftum virtutibus pollens, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 11. Ðiónde, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 22.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

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