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Old English · verb

þeowian

Normalised þēowian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈθe͜oː.wi.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈθe͜oː · wi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
devoteeowanenslavereduceservants

þeowian1 · verb

Senses

  1. to serve (as a servant, slave, or devotee)

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:21

    No man may serve two masters: either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will be obedient to one, and disobedient to the other.

  2. to enslave, reduce to servants

Conjugation

Conjugation of þeowian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þēowiġeþēowode
2nd singular þēowastþēowodest
3rd singular þēowaþþēowode
Plural þēowiaþþēowodon
Subjunctive
Singular þēowiġeþēowode
Plural þēowiġenþēowoden
Non-finite forms of þeowian
Form
Infinitive þēowian
Inflected infinitive þēowienne
Imperative singular þēowa
Imperative plural þēowiaþ
Present participle þēowiende
Past participle þēowodġeþēowod

þeowian2 · verb

Senses

  1. synonym of þēowan (“to press”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of þeowian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þēowiġeþēowode
2nd singular þēowastþēowodest
3rd singular þēowaþþēowode
Plural þēowiaþþēowodon
Subjunctive
Singular þēowiġeþēowode
Plural þēowiġenþēowoden
Non-finite forms of þeowian
Form
Infinitive þēowian
Inflected infinitive þēowienne
Imperative singular þēowa
Imperative plural þēowiaþ
Present participle þēowiende
Past participle þēowodġeþēowod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þewāną (“to enslave”). Cognate with Old Norse þjá (“to enslave”), Gothic (anaþiwan, “to subjugate, make subservient”).

See þēowan (“to press”).

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