þenest
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz. Akin Old Norse þjónusta (“service”), and to Proto-Germanic *þignaz (“servant, thane”), Old High German dionōst (“service”) (German Dienst (“service”)), Dutch dienst (“service”), Old English þeġnian (“to serve”).
Pronunciation
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editþēnest f