þiedan

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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

Verb

þīedan

  1. to join, attach
  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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of þīedan (weak class 1)
infinitive þīedan þīedenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular þīede þīedde
second person singular þīedest, þīetst þīeddest
third person singular þīedeþ, þīett, þīet þīedde
plural þīedaþ þīeddon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular þīede þīedde
plural þīeden þīedden
imperative
singular þīed
plural þīedaþ
participle present past
þīedende (ġe)þīeded

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