Þeów-men[n]en

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þeów-men[n]en

According to the Old English Dictionary:

. v. þeów;

þeów-men[n]en
adj.þeów-níd, e; f. Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement :-- His suhtriga (Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd (þreánýd, Exon. Th. 187, 1; Az. 28), 235, 18; Dan. 308: Elen. Kmbl. 1536; El. 770. For þreáum and for þeónýdum (for þearfum and for þreánýdum, Exon. Th. 186, 4; Az. 14) on account of afflictions and oppression, Cd. Th. 234, 19; Dan. 294. þeow-mennen
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