In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn (pronounced /θeɪn/; Old English: þeġn) or thane (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned...

Thane of Cawdor is a title in the Scottish nobility. The current 7th Earl Cawdor, of Clan Campbell of Cawdor, is the 25th Thane of Cawdor. In William Shakespeare's...

major beneficiary, along with Burton Abbey and Ælfhelm. Morcar was a king's thegn (Latin minister) in 1009 when King Æthelred the Unready issued a charter...

Archbishop/aetheling 15,000 Bishop/ealdorman 8,000 Hold/high-reeve 4,000 Mass-thegn/secular thegn 2,000 Prospering ceorl 2,000 Ceorl 200 Prospering Welshman 120s Non-prospering...

in Sweden (U 990) from the eleventh century: Veðr Weðr Weðr ok ok ok Þegn Þegn Þegn ok ok ok Gunnarr Gunnarr Gunnarr reistu ræistu raistu stein stæin stain...

described thegns as "the country gentry of Anglo-Saxon England". Thegns were divided into three ranks: ealdormen, king's thegns, and median thegns. The ealdorman...

"a common person". Says Chadwick: we find that the distinction between thegn and ceorl is from the time of Aethelstan the broad line of demarcation between...

heads when seen from above. uaþr Veðr Veðr +     auk ok ok ×     þakn Þegn Þegn ×     auk ok ok ×     kunar Gunnarr Gunnarr +     raistu reistu ræistu...

Anglo-Saxon status Cyning (king) Ealdorman (Earl after c.1000) Hold / High-reeve Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl...

Anglo-Saxon status Cyning (king) Ealdorman (Earl after c.1000) Hold / High-reeve Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl...