 | In later Anglo-Saxon England, 10th to 11th centuries, a thegn (pronounced /θeɪn/) or thane (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned... 11 KB (1,229 words) - 19:11, 14 April 2024 |
Thane of Cawdor (redirect from Thegn of Cawdor) Thane of Cawdor is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current 7th Earl Cawdor, of Clan Campbell of Cawdor, is the 25th Thane of Cawdor. In William... 3 KB (228 words) - 16:31, 2 January 2024 |
was replaced with the word thegn. In 1066, there were an estimated 5,000 thegns in England. Some of these were "kings thegns" serving in the royal household... 34 KB (4,011 words) - 16:33, 14 April 2024 |
 | "a common person". Says Chadwick: we find that the distinction between thegn and ceorl is from the time of Aethelstan the broad line of demarcation between... 5 KB (732 words) - 17:14, 28 October 2023 |
 | Archbishop/aetheling 15,000 Bishop/ealdorman 8,000 Hold/high-reeve 4,000 Mass-thegn/secular thegn 2,000 Prospering ceorl 2,000 Ceorl 200 Prospering Welshman 120s Non-prospering... 14 KB (1,906 words) - 09:47, 11 April 2024 |
 | in Sweden (U 990) from the eleventh century: Veðr Weðr Weðr ok ok ok Þegn Þegn Þegn ok ok ok Gunnarr Gunnarr Gunnarr reistu ræistu raistu stein stæin stain... 112 KB (8,802 words) - 17:08, 2 April 2024 |
 | Macbeth (redirect from Thegn of Glamis) Macbeth (/məkˈbɛθ/, full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises... 112 KB (13,559 words) - 15:09, 25 April 2024 |
| Cyning (sovereign) Ætheling (prince) Ealdorman (Earl) Hold / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant)... 4 KB (497 words) - 20:08, 26 July 2023 |
major beneficiary, along with Burton Abbey and Ælfhelm. Morcar was a king's thegn (Latin minister) in 1009 when King Æthelred the Unready issued a charter... 6 KB (664 words) - 14:52, 25 March 2023 |
| Cyning (sovereign) Ætheling (prince) Ealdorman (Earl) Hold / High-reeve Thegn Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Churl (free tenant)... 6 KB (767 words) - 13:12, 2 August 2023 |