tjod

See also: tjóð

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð f (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɔð/, [ˈtɕʌð]

Noun

tjod n (singular definite tjodet, plural indefinite tjod)

1. (historical, obsolete) a people, nation (of tribes in prehistoric Europe)
   • 1931, Sønderjyllands Historie fremstillet for det danske Folk, volume 1, page 189:

     Og Resultatet har været, at Tjodene i Sydslesvig — Angler og Svaver — vedvarende har kunnet raade den Flod, som aabnede Døren for dem til Vesteuropa: Ejderen.

     Consequently, the thiods in Southern Schleswig - the Angles and the Suebes - have been able to rule the river that opened the door to Western Europe: the Eider.

   • 1941, Vilhelm Lacour, Schultz Danmarkshistorie, volume 1, Copenhagen, page 342:

     Et Tjod er i flere Henseender det samme, som vi paa Nydansk kalder et Folk; men det er ikke saa omfattende som Folket og fortjener derfor sit eget Navn

     A thiod is in many ways the same as what we call a folk in Modern Danish; but is not as comprehensive as the folk, and therefore it deserves its own name.

Declension

Declension of tjod

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjod	tjodet	tjod	tjodene
genitive	tjods	tjodets	tjods	tjodenes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çuː/

Noun

tjod f (definite singular tjoda, indefinite plural tjoder, definite plural tjodene)

1. (dated) a people, nation

Related terms

• tysk, tydsk (“German”)

References

• “tjod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.

Noun

tjod f

1. (obsolete) a people, nation