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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 ...
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.
The Isle of Thanet ( / ˈθænɪt /) is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the 600-metre-wide (2,000 ft) Wantsum Channel, [ 1] it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in ancient times. Today, it is a tourist destination, and has ...
Packet Tracer is a cross-platform visual simulation tool designed by Cisco Systems that allows users to create network topologies and imitate modern computer networks. The software allows users to simulate the configuration of Cisco routers and switches using a simulated command line interface. Packet Tracer makes use of a drag and drop user ...
It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island . Thane city is situated entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas of Thane district. It serves as the headquarters of the district. Thane city ranks as the 15th most populous city in India, with a population of 1,890,000 according to the 2011 census. [ 1]
Banquo. Lord Banquo / ˈbæŋkwoʊ /, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare 's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches together. After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he ...
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. Steam driven packets were used extensively in the ...
Thanage. A thanage was an area of land held by a thegn in Anglo-Saxon England. [1] Thanage can also denote the rank held by such a thegn. [1] In medieval Scotland David I, an Anglophile, introduced "thanes" to replace the Gaelic " tòiseach ". Therefore Scottish thanage denotes the land and duties held and undertaken by the thanes. [citation ...