þeo

Middle English

Pronoun

þeo

1. (chiefly southern West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe͜oː/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

þēo f

1. Alternative form of sēo

Etymology 2

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, Proto-Norse ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ) (whence Old Norse -þér).

Noun

þēo m

1. Alternative form of þēow, servant

Declension

Strong wa-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þēo	þeowas
accusative	þēo	þeowas
genitive	þeowes	þeowa
dative	þeowe	þeowum