þeowweorc

Old English

Etymology

From þēow (“slave”) +‎ weorc (“work”).

Noun

þēowweorc n

servile work, work done by a slave

Declension

Declension of þeowweorc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þēowweorc	þēowweorc
accusative	þēowweorc	þēowweorc
genitive	þēowweorces	þēowweorca
dative	þēowweorce	þēowweorcum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þēowweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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