þegn

Old Norse

noun

Definitions

thane, franklin, freeman, man
a good (liberal) man
liegeman, subject

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

thanage English
thane English
thanedom English
thanehood English
thaneland English
thaneship English
*teke- Proto-Indo-European
*þegnaz Proto-Germanic
þegn Old English
þæġn Old English
þein Middle English
gildi Old Norse
þegngildi Old Norse
þegn Icelandic