þeod

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *þeuđō, from Indo-European *teuˈtā-. Cognate with Old Saxon thiod, Old High German diota (German deutsch), Old Norse þióð. The PIE root is also the source of Old Irish túath ‘people’, Lithuanian tautà ‘people’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /θeːod/

[edit] Noun

þēod f. (plural þēode)

1. nation, people, race
2. homeland, country

[edit] Derived terms

þēodġestrēon

þēodþrēa

[edit] Descendants

• Middle English: thede