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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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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

þegu

(n.)
Grammar
þegu, e; f.
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A taking, accepting. v. beáh-, beór-, fód(d)or-, hring-, sinc-, wil-, wín-þegu; þicgan

þégh

Similar entry: þeóh

þeón

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On p. 1052,; l. 33, for 20 l. 16. 1. add Hí forð fremedon and þungon ( profecerunt ) þurh þá wununge heora geférscipes. Gr. D. 205, 5. Þonon hé forð þeón sceolde unde proficsre debuit, 200, 11. (l a) in greeting :-- Fæder mín leófa, þeóh þú an Críste

þeón

(v.)
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to receive

þegen

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Add Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig þusenda fyrdendra þegena, Hml. S. 25, 363

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

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

þeón

(v.)
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to press

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

þén

Similar entry: þegen

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

þéfan-

(prefix)
Grammar
þéfan-, þéfe-þorn.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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yet, still, however, nevertheless Ðeáh (ðéh, MS. A.) ic secge inc verumtamen dico vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 22. Hé ðafode ða scylda, and ðeáh hé him gecýðde, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 23: Blickl. Homl. 55, 26. Hié hæfdon áþas geseald, and þéh ofer ða treówa fóron

Linked entries: þáh þéh þǽh

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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O. Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5. 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 ... Wiþ þeóre and sceótendum wenne, 324, 15-25) and sceótendum wenne and eft beþing wiþ þam (the

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

þeád

Similar entry: þeód

þeána

(adv.)
Grammar
þeána, (combined with swá, se); adv. conj.
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Yet Pápa on Róme swá þeána gesette papa Romanus tamen statuit, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 138, 36. Lífe ne gielpeþ hláfordes gifum, hýreþ swá þeána þeódne sínum, Exon. Th. 440, 6; Rä. 59, 13: 108, 32; Gú. 81. Nó God wolde ðæt seó sáwl sár þrowade, lýfde se

þeáw

(n.)
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a slave

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