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- 1830s 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.
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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, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun thief is in the Old...
- thief, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun thief is in the Old English period (pre-1150).
Apr 3, 2013 · Westerlauwer Frisian used to have “tsjeaf”, which is no longer in use, and has been replaced (during the 20th century) by the Dutch loan “dief”. Frisian, like Scandinavian, changed th to t, as in trije (three), tsjok (thick), tonger (thunder) and many more.
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.
Thief is a series of stealth video games in which the player takes the role of Garrett, a master thief in a fantasy steampunk world resembling a cross between the Late Middle Ages and the Victorian era, with more advanced technologies interspersed. [1]
set a thief to catch a thief proverbial saying, mid 17th century; in an epigram the Greek poet and scholar Callimachus (c. 305–c. 240 bc) has, ‘Being a thief myself I recognized the tracks of a thief.’ The saying is used to imply that the person best placed to catch someone out in dishonest practices is one whose own nature tends that way.
Thief marked the feature film debut of Michael Mann as director, screenwriter and executive producer, after five years in television drama. Mann made his directorial debut with the TV film The Jericho Mile .
