þegn – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of þegn

Noun: þegn
Gender:

Nominative

Singularþeġn
Pluralþeġnas

Genitive

Singularþeġnes
Pluralþeġna

Dative

Singularþeġne
Pluralþeġnum

Accusative

Singularþeġn
Pluralþeġnas

Sample Sentences

  • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
  • Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan. (Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.)
  • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
  • Þa wurdon hi ealle þurh þæt wundor ablicgede and þæs þægnes gebedda ðe þa gebroþra heold wæs for six gearum for swiðlicre untrumnysse... (Then they were all astonished at that miracle; and the wife of the officer, who had charge of the brothers, for six years, through a severe sickness...)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þegn.

Verbs referencing "þegn"

Ancient Greek Nouns τέκνον, English Nouns theow.

Translations