þeod
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þeudu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
þēod f
- nation
- language
- 1000-1020, Wulfstan archbishop of York Homilies
- and hēo mihton sprecan on ǣghwylcere þēode ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǣre
- and they could speak in every language there was between heaven and earth
- Synonym: ġeþēode
- 1000-1020, Wulfstan archbishop of York Homilies
- (poetic) (in compounds) arch-, main, great
Declension edit
Declension of þeod (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
- ġeþēode (“language”)
- Swēoþēod (“Swede-people”)
- þēodisċ
- þēodġestrēon
- þēodland
- þēodþrēa
- þēodwiga
- Wealhþēod (“Welsh-people”)