þeowen

Old English

Alternative forms
  • þiōen, þīwen, þȳwen
  • þēoƿen – wynn spelling

Etymology

From þēow +‎ -en.

Noun

þēowen f

  1. female servant or slave; handmaid

Declension
Declension of þeowen (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þēowen þēowenna, þēowenne
accusative þēowenne þēowenna, þēowenne
genitive þēowenne þēowenna
dative þēowenne þēowennum

Derived terms
  • efenþēowen

References
  • þēowen in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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