þeod
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þeudu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editþēod 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
editDeclension of þēod (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
edit- ġeþēode (“language”)
- Swēoþēod (“Swede-people”)
- þēodisċ
- þēodġestrēon
- þēodland
- þēodþrēa
- þēodwiga
- Wealhþēod (“Welsh-people”)
Descendants
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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