Þeów-boren
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þeów-boren
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- þeów-boren
- adj. Slave-born, born of parents in slavery :-- Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte aliqua rationabilis causa existat, R. Ben. 12, 13. þeow-boren