Old English

Alternative forms

• þiedan, þidan, þydan

Verb

þēodan

1. to join, attach
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1. Be ðám ðe wið ða dædbētendan ðeódaþ.
     2. Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne.
     3. Ða woruldgesælþa hú hié simle tó ðám gódum ne ðeódaþ ne ða yfelan góde ne gedóð ðe hié hié oftost tó geðeodaþ.
     4. Ðá weóxon ða fýr swýþe and hí tógædere þeóddon and samnedon óþ ðæt ðe hí wæron on ænne unmætne lég geánede.
     5. Nán bróðor wið óþerne ne þeóde, ne mid his ġeþēodrædenne ne lette on unþæslícum tíman.
     6. Dæt hé hiene nánwuht ne áhebbe ofer his gelícan ne from hiera ġefērrædenne ne ðiéde.
     7. Þæt wé ús georne tó Gode þýdon.
     8. Mid cnottum (wære) þeód.
2. to join, associate with, or attach one's self to somebody or somebody's group
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1. Sege úrum bróþrum heora nænig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer.
     2. Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• āþeodan
• beþeodan
• geþeodan
• ōþþeodan
• underþeodan

References

• A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• Old English to Modern English Translator
• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary