thegnhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thegn +‎ -hood

Noun[edit]

thegnhood (plural thegnhoods)

  1. Obsolete form of thanehood.
    • E. A. Freeman
      Why then did not the Thegnhood of England grow into a nobility such as that which in other lands grew out of the same elements?
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