¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thegns
1. thegn [n] - See also: thegn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thegns
Literary usage of Thegns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"... and when they had no means of attending by King's representatives, gradually
changed into an assembly attended by few or none but the King's thegns. ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"The King's thegns formed the highest rank of gentry; the thegns of ... implied an
advance of the kingly power—the dignity of the King's thegns rose along ..."
3. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"The word Atheling, (Ethel), at first denoted any one of noble blood, but, with
the rise of the thegns and the consequent absorption ..."
4. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"thegns. The thegns, originally companions of the King, bound to render ...
The class of thegns comprised men of various degrees of power and wealth, ..."
5. A Short Constitutional History of England by H. St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"The word Atheling, (Ethel), at first denoted any one of noble blood, but, with
the rise of the thegns and the consequent absorption of the ..."
6. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"... an<* when they had no means of attending by King's representatives, gradually
changed into an assembly attended by few or none but the King's thegns. ..."
7. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"Both are members of the same fraternity, and both apparently thegns, ... It is
probable that thegns often engaged in commerce and constituted a prominent ..."
8. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"Both are members of the same fraternity, and both apparently thegns, ... It is
probable that thegns often engaged in commerce and constituted a prominent ..."
Other Resources:
