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thegn

thegn is the alternative spelling of thane.

Meaning of thane

Noun

thane (plural thanes)

  1. (historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
    • Sonnes, Kinsmen, Thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest, know, / We will establish our Estate vpon / Our eldest, Malcolme, whom we name hereafter, / The Prince of Cumberland: […]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Forms of thegn

pluralthegns

Words formed from thegn

Questions about thegn

What is thegn the alternative spelling of?
Thegn is the alternative spelling of thane.

Words near thegn in the dictionary

  1. theftless
  2. theftproof
  3. thefts
  4. theftuous
  5. theftuously
  6. thegn
  7. thegndom
  8. thegndoms
  9. thegnhood
  10. thegnhoods
  11. thegnland

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thegn (page history and authors); thane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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