different between thede vs thebe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þeode, þeod, þede, theode, thed

Etymology

From Old English þ?od (“people, nation”), from from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeud? (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh? (“people”). More at Dutch.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /?ø?d/
• IPA^(key): /?e?d/

Noun

thede (plural thedes or theden)

1. people, group
2. tribe, community
3. nation, realm. kingdom
4. language

Related terms

• thedisch, þedisch

Descendants

• Scots: thede, theid
• English: thede, theod (archaic)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English thede, thiode, from Old English þ?od (“nation, people”). See above.

Noun

thede (plural thedes)

1. (obsolete) a country; a nation; a people or community
2. (obsolete) a region or province
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) species; kind

English

Etymology

From Tswana.

Pronunciation

Noun

thebe (plural thebe or thebes)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.

Anagrams

• Bethe, beeth, bethe

Sotho

Noun

thebe 9 or 10 (plural dithebe)

1. shield

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??.b?/

Noun

thêbê 9 (plural dithebe)

1. shield
2. thebe