Thanes is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for THANES in dictionary:

NOUN:
• THANE, a freeman granted land in return for military service; a Scottish feudal lord, also THEGN
• (in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.
• (in Scotland) a man, often the chief of a clan, who held land from a Scottish king and ranked with an earl's son
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a man holding land by military service in Anglo-Saxon England

Words related to THANES

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Words that contain THANES

ethanes10 abthanes13 methanes13 thaneship17 urethanes12 halothanes16 thaneships18 diazomethanes28 ethoxyethanes29 nitromethanes18 polyurethanes21 chloromethanes24 sulfonmethanes22 dichloroethanes24 sulphonmethanes25 trihalomethanes23 triiodomethanes21 hexachlorethanes34 hexachloroethanes35 triphenylmethanes30 chlorofluoromethanes33 dichlorodifluoromethanes39

How to use THANES in a sentence

• But both Gurth and Leofwine, and all the bravest thanes of Southern England, lay dead on Senlac, around their fallen King and the fallen standard of their country.
• So at once Eadmund went with these thanes to Rouen, and Olaf would have me bide with him till word came from the king as to the next doings.
• And with him came those thanes and his half-brother Eadward, but Ethelred himself was not with them.
• So Edric Streone went over to Cnut, and with him many thanes who despaired of help from Ethelred, and chose rather peace under a king who was strong enough to give it them.
• But two of the maidens were unwilling to go, being daughters of London thanes.
• Now I spoke with his few thanes, and they held that it was of no use to try to attack England.
• It served to unite all the inferior districts with one another, and those with the private jurisdiction of the thanes.
• The prince he called his thanes and the shielded warriors best, And the folk-leaders came to the mighty, all fain for the doing his best.
• Also the original charter of Edward the Confessor appointing Leofric Bishop of Exeter, signed by the King and Queen, Earl Godwin, and a notable group of Saxon Thanes.
• Never had I seen such a gay sight as the marketplace was at midday, when the young thanes and their men met there and matched their followers at all sorts of sports.
• And I saw the young thanes with wide eyes looking at my brother, and from beside me Berthun the cook fairly roared with delight.
• There was to be a great breaking-up feast that night before the thanes scattered to their homes.
• One of the thanes on the high seat, at the end, was he who had held the prizes at these sports.
• Then some of the older thanes left, and soon Mord and I had that table to ourselves.
• So we came to Lincoln, and already there was a gathering of thanes and their men in the town, and they knew on what errand we had come well enough.
• The hall was pretty full of thanes and their men, and it was just as I had last seen it.
• But whether it meant that the thanes cheered Alsi because he would fight, rather than that they applauded his justice to his niece, was not to be known as yet.
• So the two Welsh thanes led their wild levies out on either side of us Danes, who were in the centre, and then we formed the wedge.
• But none else heeded him, for now the thanes, led by the earl himself, came thronging across the water, that they might ask forgiveness for even seeming to withstand Goldberga.
• But she looked bravely at the thanes, and waited for the answer, though I think that she feared what it would be.
• The heroic old king, accompanied by a party of thanes, attacks the dragon.
• Swimming up with it he reached the surface and sprang to land, and was greeted by his faithful thanes.
• And now when the great iron shield was ready, he chose eleven of his best thanes and set out to seek the dragon.
• Here he would bid farewell to all his thanes ere he began the combat.
• In it sat Great heroes, glorious lords, and beauteous thanes.
• Then did the Prince, the Lord of hosts, depart With all His thanes from out the council-hall, Strong in His might, to seek an unknown land.
• So now I bid my sons, my mighty thanes, To vanquish thee, his follower, in the fight.

Similar words containing THANE without suffix s

thane8 ethane9 abthane12 ethanes10 methane12 abthanes13 methanes13 thanedom14 urethane11 halothane15 thanedoms15 thanehood16 thaneship17 urethaned13 urethanes12 ethanediol14 halothanes16 thanehoods17 thaneships18 ethanedioic17 ethanediols15 diazomethane27 ethoxyethane28 nitromethane17 polyurethane20 chloromethane23 diazomethanes28 ethoxyethanes29 nitromethanes18 polyurethanes21 sulfonmethane21 chloromethanes24 dichloroethane23 sulfonmethanes22 sulphonmethane24 trihalomethane22 triiodomethane20 dichloroethanes24 dichloromethane26 hexachlorethane33 sulphonmethanes25 tribromomethane24 trichloroethane23 trihalomethanes23 triiodomethanes21 triphenylmethane29 hexachloroethane34 hexachlorethanes34 hexachloroethanes35 triphenylmethanes30 chlorofluoromethane32 chlorofluoromethanes33 dichlorodifluoromethane38 dichlorodifluoromethanes39

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