˜Master,™ he called the thane, but had never thought of him as such. From Wordnik.com. [Stormblade]
A thane was a sort of chieftain in the Saxon state. From Wordnik.com. [King Alfred of England Makers of History] Reference
At least Shakespeare used 'thane', so anyone who has ever seen or read the Scottish Play may have come across it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
I bowed to him, and he took my hand, calling me "thane" in all good faith. From Wordnik.com. [King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut] Reference
"Then," he went on, "come you to the hall door and bide there while I go in and call the thane thither. From Wordnik.com. [A Thane of Wessex] Reference
That saw the rich thane, who was named Ridwathlan. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
The best of all irons, to the thane that abode him. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Of the needs of the thane, e'en such as on that day. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
When the woman's thane for the works of his father. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
To Wiglaf, his young thane and kinsman, he gave it. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
And soon now the hall-thane him of way-faring weary. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
To the great thane of kindreds, a banesman of mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
An excellent thane-group; some there did await them. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
They threatened me hard; thane-service I did them 560. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
From the thane of the King; but terms now they bade him. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
That great king his thane, the good beyond measure, 2720. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Fangs fled howling from the presence of the enraged thane. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
That the thane of the fair bride for the deeds of his father. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Merlin went before, and the thane Ulfin, and afterwards Uther. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
And you "-he shook his fist at Selquist-" call me Moor-thane!. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
The hardy Scylding, battle-thane best, 54 on his balefire lay. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere] Reference
Hrothgar Beowulf, the son of Ecgtheow, a thane of King Hygelac of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
"We'll just have to get there ahead of them," Moor-thane was saying solemnly. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
Not a very big thane, you understand, just big enough to be invited to the councils. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
J.W.M. La Rivire, "M.crobiological Production of M.thane from Waste M.terials," J. Sci. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
J.W.M. LaRiviere, "M.crobiological Production of M.thane from Waste M.terials," J. Sci. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
"Glamis, and thane of Cawdor"; and his old age is yet so green, mayhap "the greatest is behind.". From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
By the wall then went he; his weapon raised high by its hilts the Hygelac-thane, angry and eager. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere] Reference
In the night comes in Grendel's Mother, and catches up Aeschere, a thane of Hrothgar, and carries him off to her lair. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Aschere, thane of, carried off by Grendel's mother, 21; grief of, over loss of Aschere, 22; succeeded by his son Hrethric, 31. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
thane after thane is ruthlessly carried off and devoured, while no one is found strong enough and bold enough to cope with the monster. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
Among the Saxons the life of a king's thane was worth 1200 shillings, while that of a common free man was valued only one-sixth as high. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Then was the prudent king, the hoary warrior, sad of mood, when he learned that his princely thane, the dearest to him, no longer lived. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Macbeth's witches -- equally fantastic and equally false -- the dark tragedy of that terrible thane of Glammis and Cawdor -- the deeds of. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Then had they with stratagem Merlin there within, and Uther the king within their possession, and led there with him his good thane Ulfin. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
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