different between thanne vs thane

English

Conjunction

thanne

1. Obsolete spelling of than

Preposition

thanne

1. Obsolete spelling of than

Middle English

Adverb

thanne

1. Alternative form of than

English

Alternative forms

• thegn

Etymology

From Middle English þein, thane, thein, theign, from Old English þæ?n, þe?en, þegn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *te?- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek ?????? (téknon, “child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

thane (plural thanes)

1. (historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
   • 1845, Johann Martin Lappenberg, Benjamin Thorpe (translator), A History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, 2004, page 317,

     The Anglo-Saxon thanes were in all respects the predecessors of the Norman barons.

     The title of thane seems to have supplanted that of gesith, which appears only in the earner Anglo-Saxon laws, a denomination that may originally have designated the attendants or companions of the king, and whose wergild being triple that of the simple freeman, were, therefore, denominated not only gesithcund men, but six-hynde men.

   • 1910, Robert A. Thompson, The People's History of England, Walter Scott Publishing, New York,

     The little island of Iona became the refuge of the sons and some thanes of Athelfrith, banished by Edwin.

   • 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.

Translations

See also

• baron
• gesith < ?es?þ

Antonyms

• (baron): hlæfdige f
• (title): hlæfdige f

References

Anagrams

• 'neath, Aneth, Anthe, Ethan, Neath, ahent, neath

Spanish

Etymology

From English thane.

Noun

thane m (plural thanes)

1. thane