Definition of Thegnhood. Meaning of Thegnhood. Synonyms of Thegnhood

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Definition of Thegnhood

Thegnhood
Thegnhood Thegn"hood, n. Thanehood. --E. A. Freeman.

Meaning of Thegnhood from wikipedia

- meaning and use, to denote a member of a territorial nobility, while thegnhood was attainable by fulfilling certain conditions. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary...
- York (1002–1023) wrote that a ceorl had to own five hides to qualify for thegnhood. The legal text Norðleoda laga ('law of the Northern People') concurred...
- the requirements of wealth and service by which a ceorl could rise to thegnhood: "And if a ceorl prospered, that he possessed fully five hides of land...