Crossword-Solution: THEOW
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| THEOW | anagram | HEWTO |
We have 1 clue for the answer “THEOW”
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| slave in Anglo-Saxon Britain | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything
flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour
water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the
waters; to pour out sand or dust.
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with THEOW (5)
Furthermore, if a lord protected a theow of his who had stolen, he had to forfeit the theow and pay his wer, for the first offense, and he was liable for all he property, for subsequent offenses.
While the pure "theow" or absolute slave disappeared therefore the ceorl or villein sank lower in the social scale.
Wot ye not that thou and thy father didst make me into a theow?” “Art thou truly the juggler?” asked Egwina, shrinking back from the fierce look of the man’s face.
Turner says: "It is well known that a large proportion of the Anglo-Saxon population was in a state of slavery; they were conveyed promiscuously with the cattle." The Anglo-Saxon slaves were called _theow esne_ and _wite-theows_, or penal slaves.
Footnote 56: By Alfred’s Dooms rape on a ceorl’s female slave was punished by a five-shilling bōt to the ceorl; if a theow committed the offence, he might be emasculated.—Thorpe, fol.