þeod

Meaning

1. nation, people

   ...on þǣm twām Ægyptum [sindon] fēower and twēntiġ þēoda.

   ...in the two Egypts, there are twenty-four peoples.

   late 9th century, Orosius’, History Against the Pagans:

2. language

   and hēo mihton sprecan on ǣghwylcere þēode ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǣre

   and they could speak in every language there was between heaven and earth

   1000-1020, Wulfstan archbishop of York Homilies

3. arch-, main, great

   Þa wæs þeodsceaða, þriddan siðe, frecne fyrdraca, fæhða ȝemyndiȝ.

   There were great scathe, for a third time, freakish firedrake, feuding in mind

   8–9th century, Beowulf:

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