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
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