† theowtenv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive and intransitive. To serve, minister.
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society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (intransitive)]
theowtenc1175
serve?a1300
deservec1380
ministera1382
officiate1659
society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)]
theowtenc1175
servec1300
deserve1382
service1602
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Introd. l. 546 To þewwtenn i þe temmple.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Introd. l. 43–4 Forr all swa summ þu þeowwtesst himm, Swa shall þin sune himm þeowwtenn.
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v.c1175- to swear a law-borrows against
- to swear a lawborrows against
- to swear an oath
- to swear at
- to swear away
- to swear blind
- to swear by
- to swear by no beggars
- to swear by no bugs
- to swear down
- to swear for
- to swear in
- to swear like a lord
- to swear like a tinker
- to swear like a trooper
- to swear off
- to swear on
- to swear on a person's pantofle
- to swear on a person's pantofles
- to swear on a stack of bibles
- to swear on pantofle
- to swear on pantofles
- to swear one's law
- to swear one's way through…
- to swear out