þeof
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]þeof
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of thef
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German diob, Old Norse þjófr, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (þiufs).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]þēof m
- thief
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...
- It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- (rare) theft
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | þēof | þēofas |
accusative | þēof | þēofas |
genitive | þēofes | þēofa |
dative | þēofe | þēofum |
Derived terms
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- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
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