"þeaw" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /θæ͜ɑːw/
Etymology: Unknown origin, only in West Germanic, as it were from Proto-Germanic *þawwaz. Cognate with Old Frisian thāw, Old Saxon thau (“custom”). A possible Old High German reflex is *dou (“discipline, coercion, tuition”). Etymology templates: {{unk|ang}} Unknown, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þawwaz}} Proto-Germanic *þawwaz, {{cog|ofs|thāw}} Old Frisian thāw, {{cog|osx|thau||custom}} Old Saxon thau (“custom”), {{cog|goh|-}} Old High German, {{cog|ine-pro|*steh₂-|*(s)tāu-, *(s)te-|to stand, place}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)tāu-, *(s)te- (“to stand, place”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=þēaw|sort=}} þēaw m, {{ang-noun|m|head=þēaw}} þēaw m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|þēaw}}, {{ang-decl-noun|þēaw|þēawas|þēaw|þēawas|þēawes|þēawa|þēawe|þēawum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: þēaw [canonical, masculine], strong [table-tags], þēaw [nominative, singular], þēawas [nominative, plural], þēaw [accusative, singular], þēawas [accusative, plural], þēawes [genitive, singular], þēawa [genitive, plural], þēawe [dative, singular], þēawum [dative, plural]
  1. habit, custom
    Sense id: en-þeaw-ang-noun-eT-4L89Q Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31
  2. (in the plural) customs, virtue, conduct, character Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-þeaw-ang-noun-bK2jvROz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unþēaw
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          "english": "…that a noble habit is in a brave man,\nthat he would tightly bind his spirit,\nkeep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer",
          "text": "…þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw,\nþæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde,\nhealde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille.",
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent\"\nMine gebroðra, settað þises dæges gemynd ætforan eowrum eagum, and swa hwæt swa bið nu héfigtyme geðuht, eal hit bið on his wiðmetennysse geliðegod. Gerihtlæcað eower líf, and awendað eowre ðēawas, witniað mid wope eowre yfelan dæda, wiðstandað deofles costnungum; bugað fram yfele, and doð gód, and ge beoð swa micclum orsorgran on to-cyme þæs ecan Déman, swa micclum swa ge nu his strecnysse mid ege forhrádiað.",
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          "english": "He changed his name with his character; and he was then a true proclaimer of God's church, who had before afflicted it with fierce persecution.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle\"\nHe awende his naman mid ðēawum; and wæs ða soðfæst bydel Godes gelaðunge, seðe ær mid reðre ehtnysse hi geswencte.",
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      "ipa": "/θæ͜ɑːw/"
    }
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent\"\nMine gebroðra, settað þises dæges gemynd ætforan eowrum eagum, and swa hwæt swa bið nu héfigtyme geðuht, eal hit bið on his wiðmetennysse geliðegod. Gerihtlæcað eower líf, and awendað eowre ðēawas, witniað mid wope eowre yfelan dæda, wiðstandað deofles costnungum; bugað fram yfele, and doð gód, and ge beoð swa micclum orsorgran on to-cyme þæs ecan Déman, swa micclum swa ge nu his strecnysse mid ege forhrádiað.",
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