þeowan

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe͜oː.wɑn/

From Proto-West Germanic *þeuhan, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhaną, *þūhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German dūhen (“to press, press down”), Middle Dutch duwen, douwen (“to push, press, force”).

• þīwan, þīewan, þēon, þȳwan, þȳġan, þēwan, þīan, þȳn

þēowan

1. to press, impress, force
2. to urge, drive
3. to press or thrust with a weapon, pierce, stab
4. to threaten
5. to rebuke, check
6. to subjugate, overpower, oppress; to crush

   eġesan þēowan

   oppress with terror

• þēowian

From þēowa (“servant, slave”).

þēowan

1. (with dative) To serve.

• þēowian