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A thegn or thane was a rank of nobleman in later Anglo-Saxon England, who owned land and served the king or other lords. The term also had different meanings in Scandinavia and Scotland, and was related to the word thane in Shakespearean English.
A thane was a local administrator in eastern Scotland, equivalent to the son of an earl, who collected revenue and services from the estates under his control. The term thane was introduced by King David I in the 12th century, and later replaced by baron or regality.
Mormaer was the Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler in early medieval Scotland, equivalent to an earl or a count. Learn about the origins, history, and evolution of the mormaer office, and the different provinces and families that held it.
Learn about the origin, development and features of thesauri, also known as synonym dictionaries or books of synonyms. Compare different methods of organizing words by meanings, such as Roget's Thesaurus, Amarakosha and Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage.
Comitatus was an armed escort or retinue of a warlord and his followers, bound by an oath of fealty. The term comes from Tacitus' Germania and describes the heroic, loyal, and violent ethos of Germanic warriors in ancient times.
A comprehensive list of English dictionaries by size, publisher, date, pages, entries, dialect and pronunciation guide. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a full-size dictionary that covers British English and has 21,730 entries and 291,500 words.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. It traces the development of English words from the earliest recorded sense to the present day, and provides descriptions of usage in different varieties of English.
Learn about antonyms, words with opposite meanings, and their types: gradable, complementary and relational. Find out how antonyms are used in lexical semantics, planned languages and examples.