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thegn
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thegn [θeɪn]
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(Historical Terms) a variant spelling of thane
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But in the medieval world, there were degrees of freedom, predicated on degrees of land ownership, and your social identity reflected that, ranging from serfs to villeins to sokemen to freemen to thegns.
Breach of faith: towards a political genealogy of trust by Clifford, Michael / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
It is likely that he was one of the many Anglo-Saxon thegns whose land was taken from them by the Normans.
Fruity history of Perry Barr by Birmingham Mail (England)
He replaced over four thousand English thegns (holders of royal land) with only 200 Normans.
The evolution of the family in great Britain by Burhans, Bruce J. / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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