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Middle English
Noun
þeof
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of thef
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German diob, Old Norse þjófr, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (þiufs).
Pronunciation
Noun
þēof m
- thief
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...- It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...
- (rare) theft
Declension
Declension of þēof (strong a-stem)
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