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teóðung-mann

  • noun [ masculine ]
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teóðung-mann, es; m.
one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten
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  • Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum

    constitui eos decanos,

      Deut. 1, 15.
  • Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen (

    decanos

    ),
      Ex. 18, 21.
as a technical English term, the head of a tithing, v. teóðung,
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  • Wé cwǽdon be uncúðum yrfe, ðæt nán man næfde búton hé hæfde ðæs hundredes manna gewitnyssa oððe ðæs teóðingmannes,

      L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 260, 1.
  • Gyf neód on handa stande, cýðe hit man ðam hundredes men, and hé syððan ðám teóðingmannum,

      2; Th. i. 258, 8.
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  • teóðung-mann, n.