þiefþ

Old English

Alternative forms

• þȳfþ, þīfþ, þēofþ, þēoft

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu. Equivalent to þēof +‎ -þ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θi͜yːfθ/

Noun

þīefþ f

1. theft

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þīefþ	þīefþa, þīefþe
accusative	þīefþe	þīefþa, þīefþe
genitive	þīefþe	þīefþa
dative	þīefþe	þīefþum

Descendants

• Middle English: thefte, theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe
  • English: theft
  • Scots: thift, theft

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þífþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.