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þeów

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Grammar
þeów, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §359; §360; §437;
Servile, not free, bond
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  • Ðes ðeówa mann

    hic manceps,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 2.

  • Gif þeów noun wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh,

      L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2.

  • Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere,

      L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 19.

  • Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne, ne sió hió ealles swá þeówu swá óðru mennenu,

      L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 13.

  • Þeów mennen,

      Agar, Cd. Th. 135, 22; Gen. 2246.

  • On þeówum dóme ł tó ðeówan wæs geseald

    in seruum venundatus est,

      Ps. Lamb. 104, 17.

  • Se ðe sleá his ágenne þeówne esne,

      L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 12.

  • Feówertýnewintre man hine sylfne mæg þeówne gedón (

    se servum facere

    ),
      L. Ecg. C. 27; Th. ii. 152, 27.

  • Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mon geypped wearð

    quadam ancilla indice,

      Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 31.

  • 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 ... Gif him sceoldan þeówe men þénigan,

      Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 24-27.

  • Ealla gesceafta hé hæfde getiohhod ðeówe (þeówu,

      Cott. MS.)
    búton englum and monnum, ða óðra gesceafta þeówe sint, 41, 3; Fox 248, 16-18.

  • Gé giet tó dæge wǽron Somnitum þeówe

    hodie Romani Samnio servirent,

      Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 122, 12.

  • Þeówe men ða ðrig dagas beón weorces gefreóde,

      Wulfst. 181, 18.

  • Seofæn þeówæ mæn,

      Chart. Th. 163, 10.

  • Ne freó ne þeówe,

      Cd. Th. 166, 12; Gen. 2746.

  • Freóra and þeówra,

      166, 26; Gen. 2753.

  • Míne wealas eriaþ

    mea mancipia arant, mínra þeówra manna æceras meorum mancipiorum segetes, mínum ðeówum mannum (mancipiis) ic dǽle penegas, míne þeówan men (mancipia )

    ic ðreáge, fram mínum þeówum mannum ic eom gefultumod,
      Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 19-102, 5.

  • Þeówe men manode se apostol ... Ða hláfordas hé manode ðæt hí milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 326, 21-27.

  • Nelt ðú nán ðing yfeles habban ... ne yfele cild, ne yfele ðeówe men,

      410, 16.
Etymology
[Cuð me ȝef þu art foster of freo monne oðer þeow wummon, Marh. 4, 2. Heo weren þeowe, Laym. 334. ȝonge and olde, thewe and freo, Al. 3. O. H. Ger. frie getuon nals teuue.]
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v. wíte-þeów, and preceding words.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeów.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31776.

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