tyende

Danish

Etymology

Maybe from an (incorrect) abbreviation of Old Danish thjanestehjon (“household”), or related to þý (“female thrall”), From Old Norse þjóna, þéna, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną (“to serve”). The verb is ultimately derived from the noun Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servant”). See modern Danish træl (“thrall, slave”), and tjene (“to serve”),

Noun

tyende n (singular definite tyendet, plural indefinite tyender)

  1. (collective, historical) live-in servants

References

Middle English

Adjective

tyende

  1. alternative form of tenthe

Noun

tyende

  1. alternative form of tenthe

Swedish

Participle

tyende

  1. present participle of ty
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