thegnhood

thegnhood
thegn·hood

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  • Thegnhood — Thegn hood, n. Thanehood. E. A. Freeman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thegnhood — noun see thanehood …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • Royal Households of the United Kingdom — The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the organised offices and support systems for the British Royal Family, along with their immediate (royal) families. Alongside The Royal Household, which supports the Sovereign, each member of the… …   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

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