Teóðung-mann

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - teóðung-mann

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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teóðung-mann
m. I. one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten :-- Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15. Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen (decanos), Ex. 18, 21. II. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing, II :-- Wé cwǽdon be uncúðum yrfe, ðæt nán man næfde búton hé hæfde ðæs hundredes manna gewitnyssa oððe ðæs teóðingmannes, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 260, 1. Gyf neód on handa stande, cýðe hit man ðam hundredes men, and hé syððan ðám teóðingmannum, 2; Th. i. 258, 8. teoðung-mann

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