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
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to join, attach
Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne.
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1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Be ðám ðe wið ða dædb -
to join, associate with, or attach one's self to somebody or somebody's group
Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce.
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1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Sege úrum bróþrum heo
Conjugation
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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