þegn
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited 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]Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þegn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]þeġn m
- servant
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
- Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- (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]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | þeġn | þeġnas |
accusative | þeġn | þeġnas |
genitive | þeġnes | þeġna |
dative | þeġne | þeġnum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn, ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Early Middle English)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.
Noun
[edit]þegn m
Declension
[edit] Declension of þegn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- þegn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛkn
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