tjod

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See also: tjóð

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð f (people, nation), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda).

Pronunciation

Noun

tjod n (singular definite tjodet, plural indefinite tjod)

  1. (historical, obsolete) a people, nation (of tribes in prehistoric Europe)
    • 1931, Sønderjyllands Historie fremstillet for det danske Folk, volume 1, page 189:
      Og Resultatet har været, at Tjodene i Sydslesvig — Angler og Svaver — vedvarende har kunnet raade den Flod, som aabnede Døren for dem til Vesteuropa: Ejderen.
      Consequently, the thiods in Southern Schleswig - the Angles and the Suebes - have been able to rule the river that opened the door to Western Europe: the Eider.
    • 1941, Vilhelm Lacour, Schultz Danmarkshistorie, volume 1, Copenhagen, page 342:
      Et Tjod er i flere Henseender det samme, som vi paa Nydansk kalder et Folk; men det er ikke saa omfattende som Folket og fortjener derfor sit eget Navn
      A thiod is in many ways the same as what we call a folk in Modern Danish; but is not as comprehensive as the folk, and therefore it deserves its own name.

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð (people, nation), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (tribe). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.

Pronunciation

Noun

tjod f (definite singular tjoda, indefinite plural tjoder, definite plural tjodene)

  1. (dated) a people, nation

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð (people, nation), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (tribe). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.

Noun

tjod f

  1. (obsolete) a people, nation