þeofsceaþa
Old English
Etymology
Compound of þēof (“thief”) + sċeaþa (“ravager, robber”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθe͜oːfˌʃæ͜ɑ.θɑ/, [ˈθe͜oːfˌʃæ͜ɑ.ðɑ]
Noun
þēofsċeaþa n
- a robber
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þeóf-sceaþa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.