thane

== English == === Alternative forms === thegn, thayn thein, theine (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Noun === thane (plural thanes) (historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. 2000, Wulfstan, Robert Boenig (editor and translator), Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings, page 144, Although some serfs escape from their lord and turn away from Christendom to the Vikings and after this it happens that the clash of swords becomes common to thane and serf, if the serf utterly kills the thane, he lies unpaid by all of the serf's kin. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “baron”): hlæfdige f (antonym(s) of “title”): hlæfdige f ==== Derived terms ==== thanehood thanage ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== baron gesith < ġesīþ === References === === Anagrams === Anthe, Tehan, Nathe, 'neath, neath, Ethna, Aneth, Thean, Ethan, Neath, ahent == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thane. === Noun === thane m (plural thanes) thane ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.