Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - thane
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noun Etymology: Middle English theyn, from Old English thegn; akin to Old High German thegan ~ and perhaps to Greek tiktein to bear, beget Date: before 12th century 1. a free retainer of an Anglo-Saxon lord; especially one resembling a feudal baron by holding lands of and performing military service for the king 2. a Scottish feudal lord • ~ship noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. hist. 1 a man who held land from an English king or other superior by military service, ranking between ordinary freemen and hereditary nobles. 2 a man who held land from a Scottish king and ranked with an earl's son; the chief of a clan. Derivatives thanedom n. Etymology: OE theg(e)n servant, soldier f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. тан 2. шотл. ист. глава клана 3. шотл. шотландский лорд thane-land 1. ист. земли тана ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. рegn "military follower," from P.Gmc. *thegnas. Also used in O.E. for "disciple of Christ." Specific sense of "man who ranks between an earl and a freeman" is c.1470. The modern spelling is from Scottish, where in late M.E. it came to mean "chief of a clan, king's baron," and probably predominated in Eng. due to influence of "Macbeth"; normal orthographic changes from O.E. рegn would have produced Mod.Eng. *thain. Some historians now use thegn to distinguish Anglo-Saxon thanes from Scottish thanes. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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