þegn

Old English

noun

Definitions

servant
(poetic) man, warrior, hero

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (warrior, man).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þegnaz

Gloss

warrior, man

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

男, 夫, 士

Emoji

🪖

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

thew English
thewed English
thewless English
thewness English
thewsome English
thewy English
*teke- Proto-Indo-European
*þegnaz Proto-Germanic
þæġn Old English
thew Middle English
þegn Old Norse

þæġn