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   What does thief mean?

   • thief (n.) Old English þeof "thief, robber," from Proto-Germanic *theuba- (source also of Old Frisian thiaf, Old Saxon thiof, Middle Dutch and Dutch dief, Old High German diob, German dieb, Old Norse þiofr, Gothic þiufs ), a word of uncertain origin.

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   When was thief first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb thief is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for thief is from 1836, in the writing of William Simms, poet, novelist, and historian. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). thief is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thief n.

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   What does thieve mean in English?

   • thieve (v.) Old English þeofian "to thieve, steal," from þeof (see thief ). Rare in Old English, rarer in Middle English, not common until 17c.; perhaps the modern word is a late 16c. re-formation. Thieving (adj.) first attested 1520s. mid-15c., "of or pertaining to thieves," from thieve or thief + -ish. Meaning "inclined to steal" is from 1530s.

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   When did the word thief come out?

   • Thieving (adj.) first attested 1520s. mid-15c., "of or pertaining to thieves," from thieve or thief + -ish. Meaning "inclined to steal" is from 1530s. Wycliffe and Chaucer used thiefly (late 14c.). Related: Thievishly; thievishness.

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   What does Auld thief mean?

   • Thief, a general term of reproach, not confined to stealing. Yon thief of the black midnight, Simon Fraser. 2.b. old (auld), ill thief: the Devil. Scottish dialect. The Ill-thief blaw the Heron south! Cuffed about by the ‘ auld thief ’ as they styled him. What does D stand for?—The first letter o' the Auld Thief 's name. 3. transferred. 3.a.

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   Does Mus mean thief?

   • Then I realized, if Latin "mus-"="thief", which also is the root of "mouse", the Anglo-Saxon word which has cognate from ancient Sanskrit word musha meaning thief (and mouse). I realize this might sound crazy and far-fetched, but it was put together in non-scholarly haste. Latin mus doesn't mean ‘thief’ which is fur in Latin.

   greek - Does the root word mus- in Latin mean "thief"'? Mouse=thief

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2. www.etymonline.com › word › thiefthief | Etymology of thief by etymonline

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   Mar 22, 2024 · thief. (n.) Old English þeof "one who takes property from another by stealth; a robber," from Proto-Germanic *theuba- (source also of Old Frisian thiaf, Old Saxon thiof, Middle Dutch and Dutch dief, Old High German diob, German dieb, Old Norse þiofr, Gothic þiufs), a word of uncertain origin.

   • 한국어 (Korean)

     thief 뜻: 도둑; 옛 영어에서 þeof "도둑, 강도"는 원시 게르만어의 *theuba- 에서...

   • Deutsch (German)

     thief (n.) Altenglisch þeof "Dieb, Räuber" stammt aus dem...

   • Português (Portuguese)

     No século XIII, a palavra "theft" foi emprestada do inglês...

   • Thievery

     An Old English word for it was… See origin and meaning of...

   • Thicken

     c. 1500, "old or decayed tree stump" (Douglas), a provincial...

   • Thicket

     thicket. (n.) "close-set growth of shrubs, bushes, trees,...

   • Thigh

     thigh. (n.) "upper part of the leg," from above the knee to...

3. www.oed.com › dictionary › thief_nthief, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   What does the noun thief mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun thief , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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5. blog.oup.com › 2013 › 04It is hard to stop thief - OUPblog

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   Apr 3, 2013 · But even with the written history of a word for “thief” at our disposal, we often wonder at the zigzags in its development. Russian vor “thief” (with congeners elsewhere in Slavic) is probably related to the verb vrat’ “to lie, tell falsehoods,” and the noun’s oldest recorded senses were “cheat, swindler; adulterer.”.

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   OED's earliest evidence for thief is from 1836, in the writing of William Simms, poet, novelist, and historian. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). thief is formed within English, by derivation.

7. linguistics.stackexchange.com › questions › 38798Does the root word mus- in Latin mean "thief"'? Mouse=thief ...

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Mūs in Latin does not mean "thief", but only "mouse". (The Latin word for "thief" is fūr.) This word comes from an Indo-European word *mūs or *muHs, which is also the origin of the English word mouse.

8. interestingliterature.com › 2021 › 03The Meaning and Origin of ‘Procrastination is the Thief of Time’

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   In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle explores the meaning of a famous proverb – and its origins in a work of literature ‘Procrastination is the thief of time’.

9. www.wordsense.eu › thiefthief: meaning, synonyms - WordSense

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   thief (pl. thieves) One who carries out a theft. A waster in the snuff of a candle. Synonyms. larcenist, purloiner, stealer, see also thief; Hyponyms. burglar; cat burglar; mugger; pickpocket; robber; Hypernyms. See criminal Derived words & phrases. oxygen thief; thick as thieves; thief ant; thiefdom; thief in law; thief in the night; thieflike ...