þegn
See also: thegn
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. Cognate with English thane, German Degen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
þegn m (genitive singular þegns, nominative plural þegnar)
Declension edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
þegn
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of theyn
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þegn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
þeġn m
- servant
- (poetic) man, warrior, hero
- officer
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
- Þa wurdon hi ealle þurh þæt wundor ablicgede and þæs þægnes gebedda ðe þa gebroþra heold wæs for six gearum for swiðlicre untrumnysse...
- Then they were all astonished at that miracle; and the wife of the officer, who had charge of the brothers, for six years, through a severe sickness...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
Declension edit
Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.
Noun edit
þegn m
Declension edit
Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- þegngildi n
- þegnskapr m
- þegnskylda f
Descendants edit
References edit
- þegn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.