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þeow

Pronunciation: /θe͜oːw/

“þeow” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. slave
  2. servant

adjective

  1. servile

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.

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