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    Thrall (redirect from Þeow)
    in Scandinavian lands during the Viking Age. The status of slave (þræll, þēow) contrasts with that of the freeman (karl, ceorl) and the nobleman (jarl...
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  • Theow, also called thos, thea or thoye, is a hybrid heraldic beast, represented by a wolf with goat's hooves. It goes back to a mythological beast described...
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  • Ecgþeow (redirect from EcgÞeow)
    the Geats, and was the father of Bēowulf. His name could be read as eċġ + þēow, "edge-servant" (that is, sword-thane); alternatively, if his name was a...
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  • in Hillsborough County, Florida Another word for the mythological animal theow "Thea", a song by Goldfrapp from Tales of Us Theia (planet), a planet hypothesized...
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    Wealhtheow (redirect from WealhÞeow)
    Wealhtheow (also rendered Wealhþēow or Wealthow; Old English: Ƿealhþēoƿ [ˈwæɑɫxθeːow]) is a queen of the Danes in the Old English poem, Beowulf, first...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    grandfather of Eadgils. The name Ongentheow contains as its second element þeōw "servant, slave". The first appears to be ongēan "against, opposite". In...
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  • Σκλάβος [Sklábos], Έσκλαβήνος [Ésklabḗnos] and displaced native Old English þēow, derives from Byzantine loanword from a Slavic gen self-name *Slověninŭ -...
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  • (triggwa) *triwwa trīewu 'loyal, true (f.)' teus 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍃 (þius) *þewaz þēow (cf. MnE †thew) 'slave, servant' theudo 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) *þeudō þēod (cf...
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    ceorl contrasts with eorl (Old Norse jarl) "nobleman" on one hand and with þeow (Old Norse þræll) "bondsman, slave" on the other. As such it would not seem...
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  • ("elf") → ielfen ("female elf"), þeġn ("servant") → þiġnen ("female servant"), þēow ("slave") → þiewen ("female slave"), and nēahġebūr ("neighbor") → nēahġebȳren...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (slave) v t e...
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    Wealhþēow Generally translated as "foreign slave", from OE wealh ("foreign") and þēow ("slave."). E.V. Gordon proposed that the first element was instead PGmc...
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    was widespread in Anglo-Saxon England. The price of a slave (Old English: þēow) or thrall (Old Norse: þræll) was one pound or eight oxen. If a slave was...
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    (gefulwad) the twelfth-century term gefullod. Similarly, the scribe substitutes þeow (slave) for Alfred's fioh (wealth). There is some dispute whether this reflects...
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  • Tow's father was a businessman based in Singapore, while her brother Tow Theow Huang is also an artist, similarly receiving his art education in London...
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