Middle English Dictionary Entry
ithēode n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ithēode n. Also (early) ȝeðeode, ȝeþode, (infl.) ȝeþeoden, -um, ȝeþeddan. |
| Etymology | OE geþēode |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. thed(e n.(2).
1.
Language; oure ~, our language, i.e., English.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)54/27 : Media nocte surgebam..þæt is, on ure ȝeþeoden..ic wæs arisende to middere nihte.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)56/3 : Vigilate..þæt is on ure ȝeþeodum, Waciȝæð.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)127/12 : Wið þa cunelican adle, þat man aurignem nemneð, þæt is on ure ȝeþode þara sina ȝetoh..nim þa wyrt þæt man..sauinam nemneð, [etc.].
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/32 : Ad parotidas, þæt ys to ðan sare, þe abutan sa earan wycst, þæt man nemneð on ure ȝeðeode healsgund.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)19/20 : Organum, þæt ys on ure ȝeþeddan bysse ȝenemned.