þeof

== 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 === IPA(key): /θe͜oːf/ === Noun === þēof m thief late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints (rare) theft ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thef, theef, þef, þeef, þeof, thief, þief, þyef (Kent, Essex), thefe, theff, thyef (Late Middle English)English: thiefMiddle Scots: theif, theef, theeff, theiff, theiffe, thef (early), thief (Anglicised), teif, tyif (Galloway)Scots: thief