See Also: theow(dictionary)

theow (iou)



theow noun. Long obsolete exc. Hist. Also thew.
[Old English Tiow, Teow, Teo = Old High German deo, dio, Old Norse T, Gothic Tius, from Germanic.]
A slave, a bondman, a thrall. OE.
A female slave, a bondwoman. OE-LME.
theowdom noun the condition of a theow or slave; slavery, bondage: OE.