Old English · noun
þeoh
Normalised þēoh
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /θe͜oːx/
- Syllables
- θe͜oːx (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- thigh
Meaning
-
thigh
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said to his servant, "Put your hand under my thigh."
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þeuh.
Descendants
thigh
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