þiedan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Akin to Old Saxon thioda, Old High German diota, Old Norse þjóð, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish túath, Lithuanian tauta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθi͜yː.dɑn/

Verb

þīedan

  1. to join, attach
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
      1. Be ðám ðe wið ða dædbētendan ðeódaþ.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      3. Ða woruldgesælþa hú hié simle tó ðám gódum ne ðeódaþ ne ða yfelan góde ne gedóð ðe hié hié oftost tó geðeodaþ.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      4. Ðá weóxon ða fýr swýþe and hí tógædere þeóddon and samnedon óþ ðæt ðe hí wæron on ænne unmætne lég geánede.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      5. Nán bróðor wið óþerne ne þeóde, ne mid his ġeþēodrædenne ne lette on unþæslícum tíman.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      6. Dæt hé hiene nánwuht ne áhebbe ofer his gelícan ne from hiera ġefērrædenne ne ðiéde.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      7. Þæt wé ús georne tó Gode þýdon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      8. Mid cnottum (wære) þeód.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to join, associate with, or attach one's self to somebody or somebody's group
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
      1. Sege úrum bróþrum heora nænig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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