thede

See also: Thede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þeode, þeod, þede, theode, thed

Etymology

From Old English þēod (“people, nation”), from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at Dutch.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /θøːd/
• IPA^(key): /θeːd/

Noun

thede (plural thedes or theden)

1. people, group
2. tribe, community
3. nation, realm. kingdom
4. language

Related terms

• thedisch, þedisch

Descendants

• Scots: thede, theid

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English thede, thiode, from Old English þēod (“nation, people”). See above.

Noun

thede (plural thedes)

1. (obsolete) a country; a nation; a people or community
2. (obsolete) a region or province