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Old English · noun

þeof

Normalised þēof

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/θe͜oːf/
Syllables
θe͜oːf (1 syllable)
Modern English
thieftheft

Meaning

  1. thief

    Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...

    It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

  2. theft

Declension

Declension of þeof
SingularPlural
Nominative þēofþēofas
Accusative þēofþēofas
Genitive þēofesþēofa
Dative þēofeþēofum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German diob, Old Norse þjófr, Gothic (þiufs).

Descendants

thief

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