Old English · noun
þeoden
Normalised þēoden
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈθe͜oː.den/
- Syllables
- ˈθe͜oː · den (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- prince
Meaning
-
prince, lord, ruler, chief
Mære þēoden / æþeling ǣrgōd / unblīþe sæt.
The famous ruler, the ever-good chieftain, sat dismayed. (Beowulf, ll. 129-130)
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þeudan, from Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz, from the same source as þēod. Cognate with Old Saxon thiodan, Old Norse þjóðann, Gothic (þiudans).
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