thegn

thegn读音音标

英 [θeɪn]

美 [θeɪn]

thegn意思解释

n.

大乡绅，领主；

英英释义

The term thegn (or thane or thayn in Shakespearean English), from OE þegn, ðegn \"servant, attendant, retainer,\"\"one who serves\"is commonly used to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves. It is also the term for an early medieval Scandinavian class of retainers.