þeod

Alternative forms

• þīod, ðēod, ðīod, ðēad, ðīed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeudu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe͜oːd/

Noun

þēod f

1. nation, people
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ...on þǣm twām Ægyptum [sindon] fēower and twēntiġ þēoda.

     ...in the two Egypts, there are twenty-four peoples.

2. language
   • 1000-1020, Wulfstan archbishop of York Homilies

     and hēo mihton sprecan on ǣghwylcere þēode ðe betwux heofonum and eorðan wǣre

     and they could speak in every language there was between heaven and earth

   Synonym: ġeþēode

3. (poetic) (in compounds) arch-, main, great