thegn
Americannoun
noun
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
Burh I can understand; authorities abound for its use as expressing the manoir of the Anglo-Saxon thegn.
The thegn, entreating him more earnestly, vowed he would also give alms to the poor, if so be that the bishop would vouchsafe to enter his house that day and break his fast.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
From the accusers, Oswald the thegn, Ælfric, Edwy, and others to the number of twelve were chosen for those against her.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
He entered the household of an English thegn, who had him taught Latin, and, it is said, Greek also, persuaded him to be ordained, and took him to Rome.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
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