þéaw

1. m (-es/-as) usage, custom, general practice of a community; mode of conduct, custom, manner, practice, way, usage of a class or kind: (a) referring to human beings; (b) referring to animals; (c) referring to inanimate things; a practice of religion, method of belief, way of thinking, legal usage; custom, habit, manner, mode of conduct of an individual, disposition, behavior, pl conduct, behavior; in pl virtues, (good) manners, morals, morality; libban rihtum \þéawum to live righteously; \þéawum libban to live virtuously; \þéawum geþancol habitually thoughtful; 2. see þéow