Thane vs Lord - What's the difference?
thane | lord |
(historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron."
* 1845 , (translator), A History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings , 2004,
* 1910 , Robert A. Thompson, The People's History of England , Walter Scott Publishing, New York,
* 2000 , '', ''Anglo-Saxon Spirituality: Selected Writings ,
(label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor
*c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.
*1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.
*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.
*:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord
*:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,
*:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...
*1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418
*:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.
#(label) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
#*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445
#*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
#*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"
#*:...thou worthie Lord ,
#*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee
#*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.
#*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,
#*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!
#*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12
#*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?
#*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300
#*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.
#(label) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
#*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.
#*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand
#*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.
#*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
#*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.
#*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36
#*:A mightie Lord of Swine!
#*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii
#*:Turnus...
#*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;
#*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .
#*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2
#*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.
One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler
*c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13
*:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
* 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70
# (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
# A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
#* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
#* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442
#* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
#* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18
#* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59
#* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7
# A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
#* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv
#* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
* ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782
* 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322
* 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":
# The magnates of a trade or profession
#* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399
(label) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time,
* (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:
A hunchback.
*1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :
Sixpence.
* 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:
Domineer or act like a lord.
(label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
In historical terms the difference between thane and lord
is that thane is a rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron while lord is a feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king.As a verb lord is
domineer or act like a lord.As an interjection Lord is
An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.thane
English
(Thegn)Alternative forms
* thegnNoun
(en noun)thane]", entry in 1852', ''Putnam's Home Cyclopedia: Hand-Book of Literature and the Fine Arts'', p594 — The '''thanes''' in England were formerly persons of some dignity; there were two orders, the king's '''thanes''', who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary '''thanes , who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits.After the [NormanConquest, this title was disused, and ''baron took its place.
page 317,
- The Anglo-Saxon thanes were in all respects the predecessors of the Norman barons.
- The title of thane seems to have supplanted that of gesith, which appears only in the earner Anglo-Saxon laws, a denomination that may originally have designated the attendants or companions of the king, and whose wergild being triple that of the simple freeman, were, therefore, denominated not only gesithcund men, but six-hynde men.
- The little island of Iona became the refuge of the sons and some thanes of Athelfrith, banished by Edwin.
page 144,
- Although some serfs escape from their lord and turn away from Christendom to the Vikings and after this it happens that the clash of swords becomes common to thane' and serf, if the serf utterly kills the ' thane , he lies unpaid by all of the serf's kin.
See also
* baron * gesithAnagrams
* *References
lord
English
(Lord)Noun
(en noun)- It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .
- Man over men He made not Lord .
- To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.
- Men myghten lordis knowe
- By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.
- If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.
- Princes, and noble Lords :
- What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?
- Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.
- The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .
- Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.
- The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.
- O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.
- The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.
- 1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii
- Love is Lord of all.
- But are you still master of your domain?
- I am king of the county. You?
- Lord of the manor.
- Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!
- The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.
- Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.
- Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.
Derived terms
* lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fishSynonyms
* drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereignSee also
* ladyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)