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Noun Concept
Categories: Viking Age in Sweden, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Anglo-Saxon thegns, Anglo-Saxon society, Anglo-Norse England
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thane  thegn
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A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) WordNet 3.0
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A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In later Anglo-Saxon England, 10th to 11th centuries, a thegn or thane was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Wikipedia
A term describing an aristocratic class in Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Scandinavia or a member of that class. Wikidata
IS A
citizen
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thaneship
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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thane
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thegn
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Thegn
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King's thanes, thegnhood

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