þeod

Old English

Alternative forms

þīod, ðēod, ðīod, ðēad, ðīed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeudu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θe͜oːd/

Noun

þēod f

nation
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
(poetic) (in compounds) arch-, main, great

Declension

Declension of þeod (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þēod	þēoda, þēode
accusative	þēode	þēoda, þēode
genitive	þēode	þēoda
dative	þēode	þēodum

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

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