þeof – Old English noun declension

Noun: þeof
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	þēof
Plural	þēofas

Genitive

Singular	þēofes
Plural	þēofa

Dative

Singular	þēofe
Plural	þēofum

Accusative

Singular	þēof
Plural	þēofas

Sample Sentences

late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas... (It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...)

Nouns inflected like þeof

þeodcyning, þeow, þeof, þeaw,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Old High German diob, Old Norse þjófr, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (þiufs). See: Old Norse Nouns 'þjófr', Gothic Nouns '𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃'.