Old English Dictionary Entry

þeód-búend[e]

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1 þeód-búend[e]

pl. Those living in nations, mankind, men :-- Hé (Christ) earfeþu geþolade fore þearfe þeódbúndra, láðlícne deáð leódum tó helpe, Exon. Th. 72, 16; Cri. 1173. Hé geðingade þeódbúendum wið fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste, 39, 3; Cri. 616: 84, 11; Cri. 1372. þeod-buende

Similar Words

-þafa
-þafsum
-þanclíce
-þancness
-þancollíce

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚩᛞ-ᛒᚢᛖᚾᛞ[ᛖ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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