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þēow, strong masculine. servant; slave.

These spellings occur in the Old English Aerobics texts:

 singularplural
nominativeþēowas þēowum
accusativeþēow ðēowas
genitiveðīowa þēowa
dative
instrumental

This word occurs 8 times in the Old English Aerobics Anthology. To see a list of occurrences of þēow in a text, click a title below. Click a line- or sentence-number to see the word in context.

Alfred the Great's Preface

  • [16] ðīowa. servants'.

Life of St Æthelthryth

  • [6] ðēowas. servants.

Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

  • [11] þēowas. servants.
  • [12] þēowas. servants.
  • [12] þēowum. servants.

Story of Cædmon

  • [21] þēowa. servants'.

Exercises and sample sentences

  • þēow. servant.
  • þēowa. of servants.