Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The district held or administered by a thane.
- noun The power, and especially the judicial functions, of a thane: as, the thanedom of Macbeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
property orjurisdiction of athane
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since his thanedom was now in possession of the coveted Hammer, he could unite the rival dwarven thanes under his leadership.
Dragons of Winter Night Weis, Margaret 1985
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Since his thanedom was now in possession of the coveted Hammer, he could unite the rival dwarven thanes under his leadership.
Hammer and Axe Parkinson, Dan 1985
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Since his thanedom was now in possession of the coveted Hammer, he could unite the rival dwarven thanes under his leadership.
Dragons of Winter Night Weis, Margaret 1985
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Presently Thorgils would go down the town to the inn where he had bestowed his horse, and I went with him, having an hour left before we started, rather than face any more banter concerning my thanedom.
A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex 1884
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