Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English variant of
thew .
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Examples
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They even tried alcohol rehab and drug treatment, but at the end, what happened was sad, and it just made me realise there could be so many others in this world who theow away their lives like this!
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They even tried alcohol rehab and drug treatment, but at the end, what happened was sad, and it just made me realise there could be so many others in this world who theow away their lives like this!
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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If the accused happened to be _theow man_ (servant), and he failed in the ordeal, the law was that he should be branded the first time; the second time, there was no _bot_, or reparation, but the head!
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From forest and field came in ceorl and theow, hanging up their weapons or agricultural implements around the lower end of the hall.
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'Gif theow man theowne to nydhffimed genyde, gabete mid his eowende: Si servus servam ad sfuprum coegerit, compenset hoc virga sua virili.
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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'Gif theow man theowne to nydhffimed genyde, gabete mid his eowende: Si servus servam ad sfuprum coegerit, compenset hoc virga sua virili.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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"Gif theow man theowne to nydhed genyde, gabte mid his eowende:" "Si servus servam ad stuprum coegerit, compenset hoc virga sua virili.
Autobiography 1821
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"Gif theow man theowne to nydhed genyde, gabte mid his eowende:" "Si servus servam ad stuprum coegerit, compenset hoc virga sua virili.
Public Papers 1775
AnWulf commented on the word theow
theow is from þeow, ðeow - serf, servant, slave
thew comes from þeaw, ðeaw - usage, custom, habit, conduct, disposition
August 30, 2011