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þeowan

Pronunciation: /ˈθe͜oː.wɑn/

“þeowan” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to press, impress, force
  2. to urge, drive
  3. to press or thrust with a weapon, pierce, stab
  4. to threaten
  5. to rebuke, check
  6. to subjugate, overpower, oppress; to crush
  7. To serve.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeuhan, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhaną, *þūhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German dūhen (“to press, press down”), Middle Dutch duwen, douwen (“to push, press, force”).

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