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thegn

American

[theyn] / θeɪn /

noun

thane.

thegn British

/ θeɪn /

noun

a variant spelling of thane

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Etymology

Origin of thegn

1840–50; < Old English: thane

Example Sentences

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To William Zeckendorf Jr., 28, son and vice president to the thegn of Manhattan's Webb & Knapp real estate firm, and Gurie Lie Zeckendorf, 28, daughter of former U.N.

From Time Magazine Archive

Possibly it was the unit of assessment for military service, possibly it was the recognized endowment of a Saxon thegn.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

I misdoubt not that the father is a thegn.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

He was of noble birth and a thegn of King Oswy, born in 628.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

Burh I can understand; authorities abound for its use as expressing the manoir of the Anglo-Saxon thegn.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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