þignen

Old English

Alternative forms

• þiġnenn, þīnen, þinnen

Etymology

From þeġen +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθij.nen/

Noun

þiġnen f

1. female servant, female attendant, handmaid

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þiġnen	þiġnenna, þiġnenne
accusative	þiġnenne	þiġnenna, þiġnenne
genitive	þiġnenne	þiġnenna
dative	þiġnenne	þiġnennum

Derived terms

• beorþorþīnen f (“midwife”)

References

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