Old English · adjective

þeow

Normalised þēow

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /θe͜oːw/
Syllables: θe͜oːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: servile slave theow

þeow1 · adjective

Senses

servile

Declension

Strong declension of þeow
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þēow	þēow	þēow
Accusative	þēowne	þēowe	þēow
Genitive	þēowes	þēowre	þēowes
Dative	þēowum	þēowre	þēowum
Instrumental	þēowe	þēowre	þēowe
Plural
Nominative	þēowe	þēowa þēowe	þēow
Accusative	þēowe	þēowa þēowe	þēow
Genitive	þēowra	þēowra	þēowra
Dative	þēowum	þēowum	þēowum
Instrumental	þēowum	þēowum	þēowum

Weak declension of þeow
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þēowa	þēowe	þēowe
Accusative	þēowan	þēowan	þēowe
Genitive	þēowan	þēowan	þēowan
Dative	þēowan	þēowan	þēowan
Instrumental	þēowan	þēowan	þēowan
Plural
Nominative	þēowan	þēowan	þēowan
Accusative	þēowan	þēowan	þēowan
Genitive	þēowra þēowena	þēowra þēowena	þēowra þēowena
Dative	þēowum	þēowum	þēowum
Instrumental	þēowum	þēowum	þēowum

þeow2 · noun · masculine

Senses

slave
servant

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of þeow
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þēow	þēowas
Accusative	þēow	þēowas
Genitive	þēowes	þēowa
Dative	þēowe	þēowum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu, from Proto-Germanic *þewaz, probably from earlier *þegwaz, *þehwaz (“runner, gofer”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German dio, Old Norse -þér.

Descendants

theow

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