Definitions for thegn

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Spelling: [theyn]
IPA: /θeɪn/

Thegn is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in thegn (eghnt).

Definitions for thegn

noun

  1. thane.
  2. Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
  3. Scottish History. a person, ranking with an earl's son, holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons.

Origin of thegn

1840-50; Old English: thane

Examples for thegn

It was possible, however, for men who were not owners of land, to rise to the rank of thegn.

The wergeld of an earl or bishop was four times that of a thegn: 5800s.

But now the word was thegn, though the status was much the same.

The wergeld of a king or archbishop was six times that of a thegn: 7200s.

To be worthy of thegn-right may be one thing, to be a thegn, another.

The thegn is the man who for one reason or another is a warrior.

He said that he was Godric the son of Ulchel, a thegn of the Gainas.

The heriot of the English earl or thegn was in close resemblance with the relief of the Norman count or knight.

The thegn offers a heriot with a prayer that his will may stand.

Dark was the scowl on the brow of every thegn, and a muttered "No, no: never the Norman!"

Word Value for thegn
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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