þegn

See also: thegn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. Cognate with English thane, German Degen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θɛkn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkn

Noun

þegn m (genitive singular þegns, nominative plural þegnar)

  1. servant, subject
  2. thane

Declension
declension of þegn
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þegn þegninn þegnar þegnarnir
accusative þegn þegninn þegna þegnana
dative þegni þegninum þegnum þegnunum
genitive þegns þegnsins þegna þegnanna

Middle English

Noun

þegn

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of theyn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þegn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θejn/

Noun

þeġn m

  1. servant
  2. (poetic) man, warrior, hero

Declension
Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þeġn þeġnas
accusative þeġn þeġnas
genitive þeġnes þeġna
dative þeġne þeġnum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.

Noun

þegn m

  1. thane, franklin, freeman, man
  2. a good (liberal) man
  3. liegeman, subject

Declension
  Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þegn þegninn þegnar þegnarnir
accusative þegn þegninn þegna þegnana
dative þegni þegninum þegnum þegnunum
genitive þegns þegnsins þegna þegnanna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: þegn
  • Old Swedish: þæghn, þiæghn
    • Swedish: tegn, tägn

References
  • þegn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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