Old English Dictionary Entry

þeód-

Part of speech: . As the first part of several compounds (see below)

Definitions

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1 þeód-

þeód has the force of general, great; a similar use is found in O. Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5. Þeód-Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 2042; B. 1019. Cf. regn-. þeod-,þeod

Similar Words

-þafa
-þafsum
-þanclíce
-þancness
-þancollíce

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚩᛞ-

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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