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Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane [1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
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Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...
Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud; May 21, 1952) [3] [4] [5] [6] is an American actor. He is known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team ...
Thane Johnson, an attorney representing Jacobsen's office, argued that a ruling wasn't urgently needed. Johnson noted that supporters of the abortion initiative, another to hold open primaries and ...
Thomas Joseph Thyne. ( 1975-03-07) March 7, 1975 (age 49) Stoughton, Massachusetts, U.S. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1995–present. Thomas Joseph Thyne (born March 7, 1975) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Jack Hodgins in the television series Bones from 2005 to 2017.
English has borrowed many words from Greek, including a vast number of scientific terms. Where the original Greek had the letter θ (theta), English usually retained the Late Greek pronunciation regardless of phonetic environment, resulting in the presence of /θ/ in medial position ( anthem, methyl, etc.).