thief

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Englisch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English þēof, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [iə] rather than [eː]. (Compare p.e. the spelling of deep from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English deop.)

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thief (plural thieves)

  1. One who has carried out a theft.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
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