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- n. English thane
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Thegn — A thegn or thane was an attendant, servant, retainer, or official in Early Medieval Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon culture. The word in Anglo Saxon is þeg(e)n , in Old High German degan , and in Old Norse þegn ( thane, franklin, freeman, man ). [… … Wikipedia
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Thegn — Anglo Saxon term that evolved from the verb thegnian, to serve, thegn acquired a more precise definition from the age of Alfred the Great in the ninth century to the end of Anglo Saxon history in England with the Battle of Hastings in 1066. A… … Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
Ethelred the Unready — Infobox British Royalty|Monarch name=Ethelred the Unready title=King of England reign=18 March, 978 – 23 April 1016 predecessor=Edward the Martyr (978) Sweyn (1014) successor=Sweyn (1013) Edmund Ironside (1016) date of birth=966 68 place of birth … Wikipedia
Thegn — Le thegn ou thane (chez William Shakespeare) était chez les Anglo Saxons un membre de l aristocratie. Ce terme signifiait à l origine « serviteur » et désignait les membres de la suite d un haut personnage. Le mot met l accent plus sur… … Wikipédia en Français
History of borough status in England and Wales — Borough is a term for an historic unit of lower tier local government in England and Wales. The ancient boroughs covered only important towns and were established by charters granted at different times by the monarchy. Their history is largely… … Wikipedia
Witenagemot — Un roi anglo saxon avec son Witan. Le Witenagemot (également appelé Witan) était une institution politique dans l Angleterre des Saxons entre approximativement les VIIe et XIe siècles. Le nom witenagemot dérive du vieil anglais… … Wikipédia en Français
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Cyneweard of Laughern — Cyneweard Sheriff of Worcestershire In office before 1069 – 1069 Preceded by Leofric [last known], fl. 1017 x 1030 Succeeded by Urse d Abetot Personal details Born … Wikipedia
THANE — or THEGN a title of social distinction among the Anglo Saxons, bestowed, in the first instance, upon men bound in military service to the king, and who came to form a nobility of service as distinguished from a nobility of blood; these… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
