þegn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. Cognate with English thane, German Degen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɛkn/ Rhymes: -ɛkn === Noun === þegn m (genitive singular þegns, nominative plural þegnar) servant, subject thane ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === þegn (Early Middle English) alternative form of theyn == Old English == === Alternative forms === þæġn, þeġen, þēn === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þegn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θejn/ === Noun === þeġn m servant late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints (poetic) man, warrior, hero officer late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr" ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn, ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Early Middle English)English: thaneScots: thane→ Irish: taen == Old Norse == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. === Noun === þegn m thane, franklin, freeman, man a good (liberal) man liegeman, subject ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þegn Old Swedish: þæghn, þiæghn Swedish: tegn, tägn Old Danish: thæghæn Danish: tegn, thegn === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þegn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509; also available at the Internet Archive