thane

Meaning

Noun

  • A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.

Related

Opposite words

  • hlæfdige

Origin

  • From Middle English þein, thane, thein, theign, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þegn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-; akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον.

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