"Thaneship" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In Saxon law. A court of Justice held semi-annually by the bishop or lord in a burg, which the thanes …

In Anglo Saxon law. The free-men were dlvlded into tWo classes,—thanes nnd ceorls. The thanes were the proprietors of the …

In Saxon law. A freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. A tenant at …

In old English law. one of the services to be rendered by a thane, but in what it consisted seems …

The Saxon thanes divided their hereditary lands into Inland, such as lay nearest their dwelling, which they kept' to their …

The land which in Domesday is said to bave been “thane-lant^” and afterwards converted into “reveland." It seems to have …

In Saxon law. The mid-die thanes, valued at 600s

Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.

Sax. In old English law. Land of a thane or Saxon noble; land grant-ed by the crown to a thane …

The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended …

An Anglo-Saxon nohleman; an old title of honor, perhaps equivalent to “baron.” There were two orders ot thanes, —the king’s …

The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

Such lands as were granted by charter of the Saxon klngs to thelr thanes with all immunities, except from the …

Thane. See Thane.

In Saxon law. A husband- * man or Inferior tenant; an under-thane. Cowell

US. In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell

"The assembly of wlse men.” Thls was the great national councll or parliament of the Saxons in Eng-Jand, comprising the …

The chiefs of the Saxon lords or thanes, thelr nobles, and wise men