Thane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θeɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thane is a noun meaning (historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
Meaning
(historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
Example Sentences
Never need you fear for a single thane of your sept or nation, young warriors or old.
The little island of Iona became the refuge of the sons and some thanes of Athelfrith, banished by Edwin.
Sonnes, Kinsmen, Thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest, know, / We will establish our Estate vpon / Our eldest, Malcolme, whom we name hereafter, / The Prince of Cumberland: […]
2000, Wulfstan, Robert Boenig (editor and translator), Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings, page 144, Although some serfs escape from their lord and turn away from Christendom to the Vikings and after this it happens that the clash of swords becomes common to thane and serf, if the serf utterly kills the thane, he lies unpaid by all of the serf's kin.
Word Forms
- thanes
- thayn
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thanehood, thanage, count, lord, baron, barony.
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