Wealhþeow

Old English

proper noun

Definitions

a Danish queen in the epic poem

Etymology

Compound from Old English wealh (foreigner, slave, Celt) + Old English þēow (slave, servant, minister).

Origin

Old English

þēow

Gloss

slave, servant, minister

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Walcott English
*walhaz Proto-Germanic
*þewaz Proto-Germanic
wealh Old English
wealhhafoc Old English
wealhhnutu Old English
wielisc Old English
þeowboren Old English
þeowdom Old English
þeowen Old English
þeowweorc Old English
þēow Old English
thew Middle English
wale Middle English
*walh gmw-pro