Ge-þeówian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-þeówian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-þeówian
- Add: , -þýwian. I. to serve :-- Is ánum Drihtne geþeówad and gehýrsumod uni domino servitur, R. Ben. 111, 2. II. to reduce to servitude :-- Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí hǽfre geþýwie, Cht. E. 253, 17. Wæs se ðeódscipe (the Jews) geðeówod under heora feónda gewealde, Wlfst, 14, 8. Man freóge on ǽlcum túnæ ælne (ǽlcne ?) wítæþæównæ mann ðæ undær hiræ geðeówuð wæs, C. D. iii. 360, 7. [Goth. ga-þiwan; p. -þiwaida to enslave.] ge-þeowian