Thane
nounid
150672·updated May 18, 2026verified
a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Thanes
- possessive
- Thane's
- pluralpossessive
- Thanes'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)
- §2
- a feudal lord or baron
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