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

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Middle English

Noun

þegn

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of theyn

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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 þeġn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þeġn	þeġnas
accusative	þeġn	þeġnas
genitive	þeġnes	þeġna
dative	þeġne	þeġnum

Derived terms

• þeġnung
• magoþeġn
• meteþeġn

Descendants

• Middle English: theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn, ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign (Early Middle English)
  • English: thane
  • Scots: thane
  • → Irish: taen

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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

• þegngildi n
• þegnskapr m
• þegnskylda f

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.