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Old English · verb

þiedan

Normalised þīedan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈθi͜yː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈθi͜yː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
attachsomebody'sjoin

Meaning

  1. to join, attach

    Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne.

    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Be ðám ðe wið ða dædb
  2. to join, associate with, or attach one's self to somebody or somebody's group

    Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce.

    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Sege úrum bróþrum heo

Conjugation

Conjugation of þiedan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þīedeþīedde
2nd singular þīedestþīetstþīeddest
3rd singular þīedeþþīettþīetþīedde
Plural þīedaþþīeddon
Subjunctive
Singular þīedeþīedde
Plural þīedenþīedden
Non-finite forms of þiedan
Form
Infinitive þīedan
Inflected infinitive þīedenne
Imperative singular þīed
Imperative plural þīedaþ
Present participle þīedende
Past participle þīededġeþīeded

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Akin to Old Saxon thioda, Old High German diota, Old Norse þjóð, Gothic (þiuda). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish túath, Lithuanian tauta.

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