thegn

American

[thayn] / 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

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thegn

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

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 Lucy Foster Madison

Except in Kent his wergild was fixed at two hundred shillings, or one-sixth of that of a thegn, and he is undoubtedly the twyhynde man of Anglo-Saxon law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

The thegn was expected to fight for his lord, and generally to place his services at his disposal in both war and peace.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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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