þiefþ

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō. Equivalent to þēof +‎ -þ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θi͜yːfθ/

Noun

þīefþ f

theft

Declension

Declension of þiefþ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þīefþ	þīefþa, þīefþe
accusative	þīefþe	þīefþa, þīefþe
genitive	þīefþe	þīefþa
dative	þīefþe	þīefþum

Descendants

Middle English: thefte, theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe
- English: theft
- Scots: thift, theft

Further reading

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þífþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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