þæghn

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. Cognate with English thane, German Degen.

Noun

þæghn m

  1. thane, franklin, freeman, man
  2. a good (liberal) man
  3. liegeman, subject

Declension