þeod

Old English

Alternative forms

• þīod, ðēod, ðīod, ðēad, ðīed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeudu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe͜oːd/

Noun

þēod f

1. nation, people
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ...on þǣm twām Ægyptum [sindon] fēower and twēntiġ þēoda.

     ...in the two Egypts, there are twenty-four peoples.

2. language
   • 1000-1020, Wulfstan archbishop of York Homilies

     and hēo mihton sprecan on ǣghwylcere þēode ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǣre

     and they could speak in every language there was between heaven and earth

   Synonym: ġeþēode

3. (poetic) (in compounds) arch-, main, great

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þēod	þēoda, þēode
accusative	þēode	þēoda, þēode
genitive	þēode	þēoda
dative	þēode	þēodum

Derived terms

• ġeþēode (“language”)
• siġeþēod
• Swēoþēod (“Swede-people”)
• þēodisċ
• þēodġestrēon
• þēodland
• þēodþrēa
• þēodwiga
• Wealhþēod (“Welsh-people”)

Descendants

• Middle English: thede, þeode, þeod, þede, theode, thed
  • Scots: thede, theid