þeowian

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθe͜oː.wi.ɑn/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *þewāną (“to enslave”). Cognate with Old Norse þjá (“to enslave”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (anaþiwan, “to subjugate, make subservient”). ==== Verb ==== þēowian to serve (as a servant, slave, or devotee) c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:21 to enslave, reduce to servants ===== Usage notes ===== In the senses of serving another person, the person being served is placed in the dative case. hlāforde þēowian ― to serve a lord (hlāford is declined in its dative form hlāforde) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === See þēowan (“to press”). ==== Alternative forms ==== þīwian, þȳwian ==== Verb ==== þēowian synonym of þēowan (“to press”) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ġeþēowian === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þēowian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.