Thane Definition

thān
thanes
noun
In early England, a member of a class of freemen who held land of the king or a lord in return for military services.
Webster's New World
In early Scotland, a person of rank, often a clan chief, who held land of the king.
Webster's New World
A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England.
American Heritage
A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
American Heritage
pronoun

A large city in India, in the state of Maharashtra.

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Other Word Forms of Thane

Noun

Singular:
thane
Plural:
thanes

Origin of Thane

  • From Old English þeÄ¡en, þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior"), from Proto-Indo-European *teke-, *give birth; compare Dutch degen, German Degen, Icelandic þegn.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English thegn tek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thane Sentence Examples

  • This Harding the thane was son of Elnod or Alnod,.

  • The name, of which the Tene, Tayne and Thane are older forms. is derived from the Icelandic thing, " assembly" or "court."

  • The word thane was used in Scotland until the 15th century, to describe an hereditary non-military tenant of the crown.

  • The castle was the scene, according to the tradition which Shakespeare has perpetuated, of the murder of King Duncan by Macbeth, thane of Cawdor (or Calder), in 1040.

  • One is of the yeoman 's son of a Saxon village Thane, as was Michael 's Robin.

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Words Starting With

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